The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-22 00:00:00

SPAIN.

Irpe Court.

A deputation from the National Patent Law
Amendment Am.a-iation had an interview with the Right
Hon. Henry Labouchere ye-terday, at the Mlle, of the
Board of Trade. The deputation consifttd of Alderman
Sidney, M.P. Mr. Keene, C.E., Mr. Shepherd, C.E., Mr.
Campus, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Moberly, C.E., and Mr. Coate.
Mr. Barter, from Natal, had an interview with Earl
Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-ofßce. Major S. Hill had
also an interview with the noble earl yesterday.
Sir George Grey left town on Saturday for StAl2lllole, the
seat of Mr. Glyn.
Despatches were reee:ved yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of Canada and the other North-Ameri-
can provinces; from the Governors of the West India colo-
Mee ; from the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon, Western
Australia, and Gibraltar; and also from the Lord High
Commintioser of the lonian Wands.

LADY /MIN RUSSELL.—We aeo gratified to learn
that, according to amounts received, from Pembroke
Loco., Richmond, last night, her ladyship is going ow
favourably, and that all danger is now considered over.
The Countess of Miato (her ladyship's mother) will in
consequence bold her reception to-nsorrow evening.

SAINT KATIIARLNE'S DOCKS.

Yesterday, the half-yearly meeting of this company '
was held at the Dock house, on Tower-bill. T aortas
Tone a, Esq., in the chair.
The SECRETARY read the following report :
A.seurding to the provisions of the St. Katharine Dock
act, the directors are required to lay before the proprietors,
at the January general half-yearly meeting in each year, an
account of the receipts and disbursements of the said com-
pany fur the preceding year, such account to be produced
to any proprietor upon demand made for the purpose of in-
spection at any time within fourteen days of the day of such
meeting ,• and as the act dues not require financial accounts
of the affairs of the company to be produced at the July
meetings, it has not been the practice to do so, but to de-
clare a dividend in July, governed in amount by the diri-
demi agreed upon at the January meeting preceding. It
will be recollected that at the meeting in Jan. last a wish was
expressed by some of the proprietors that in future an account
of the receipts and expenditure for the preceding half year
should be laid before the meeting in the month of July in
each year. The directors on that occasion promised to
give the subject their consideration, and not finding that
any objection of sufficieut importance exerts to a compliance
with the wish referred to, they have caused an account of
the receipts and expenditure of the company fur the last
half-year to be laid upon the table. The directors with much
satisfaction advert to the favourable result of the business
transacted in these docks during that period, as apparent
from the following returns:—The accounts of receipts and
expenditure show that the net earnings of the half-year
ended the 30th of Jane last, amount to 43,136!. os. 7d.,
which, with the balance brought forward from 18.50, and
after payment of the dividend in January last, leaves a
present available balance to the credit of the company of
414,7611. its. 9d., irrespective of the sum of 2,6251. carried to
a suspense account, to provide against contingencies that
may arise from loss of rates upon goods long is deposit ;
and should the meeting concur in opinion with the directors,
that the dividend to be declared for the half-year ended the
30th of June last be at the same rate as the preceding half-
year, a balance in favour of the company will remain, after
providing for the dividend, of 14,8141. 18s. 9d. This result
is the more satisfactory, as the trade of the port has also
derived considerable benefit by the reduction in the rates
upon some of the leading articles of importation agreed
upon between the three principal dock companies at the
oemmesseneent of the present year. The abstract of the
peas and skipping for the half-year ended June 30, 1861,
Or rod that of goods 68,014 tons had been landed at the
docks; 15,680 tons more than last year, and 20,000 more
than in the twelcmonths preceding. The goods in ware-
house on the 30th of last June were 79,245 tons, being an
increase of 13,557 tons. Of shipping the statistics were as
follows:—Ships with cargoes entering the deices during the
last half-year, 315 in number, and in tonnage amounting to
83,612 tons. The ships that entered light to load were 126,
and the tonnage 18,508 tons, being an increase of 44 loaded
ships and 16,609 register tons. The directors recommend
that a dividend of 1 j per cent. upon the capital stock of the
company he declared for the half-year ended the 30th Juno
last, such dividend to be payable on Saturday, the 26th
Want, and following days, Sundays and holidays ex-
'opted, and that the income tax thereon be defrayed by the
aleameitAlßMAN said, as the directors considered it de-
API& to recover the reserve fund, they still aavised
continuance of the dividend of 11 per cent.
IN the half year. There was another reason, which was
tin understanding that the dividend of January should
guide that of the July following. Although the net vint-
nrs of the half year ,night have justified the directors in
the declaration of the dividend of 2 per cent., they still re-
commended the dividend he had alluded to. The chairman
cooeluded by moving the adoption of the report.
Mr. Alderman TI I PSON, M.P., seconded the motion.
Mr. SIMPSON said, he understood that the directors re-
served to themselves the right of increasing the dividend to
2 per cent.
The CHAIRMAN observed that there was an under-
standing that it should b' so, but that it should not he ap-
plicable to the past half-year.
The SECRE rAtty then read the report of the directors
is respect to the dispute with the Customs, from which we
make the following extracts :
"On the 26th May last the solicitors of this company re-
ceived renewed notice of trial in the ten informations which

had been before selectail, but on the 14th June last such
notice was withdrawn as to all the cases except one ; and on
the 17th June a letter was received from the solicitor of
Customs, stating that the trial of all the cases in which the
two duck companies were concerned had been postponed, as
the judgment then to be delivered on the motion relating to
the London Duck trial might have an important bearing on
the same. No further proceedings can now be taken until
the beginning of December next. The directors con,ider
that they have just grounds of complaint, nut only on ac-
count of the original attack on the company and in servants,
but also on account of the unwarrantable delay
which has taken place in bringing to an issue
the questions between the company and the Customs.
Instead of commencing legal proceedings at the earliest pe-
riod possible after the first seizures were made, with a view
of ascertaining if the c curse which the Board of Customs
was pursuing was iu conformity with the law, large seizures
of goods in these docks were continued to be made during
the course of nearly a year, without taking any further steps.
It is scarcely necessary for the directors to state what a very
serious grievance this has been to the company, and how
much it must necessarily have interfered with tae ordinary
business of the docks. Although the decision of the Court
of Exchequer in the London Duck case will probably hay.:
an important effect on the cases against this company, there
are others which will not be affected by it, namely, that of
the four servants of the company who were taken into cus-
tody by police officers more than a year ago on an indict-
ment charging them with stealing molasses, and the ease of
the six other servants of the company, who were in Septem-
ber last arrested on the charge of conveying goods out of
the docks through the duet-bin, and taken to Whitecroas-
street prison, win re they remained confined until they could
tied bail, that is to say, fur periods varying team two 414ys
to three weeks. The directors are of opinion that there eau
be no possible ground why these very serious charges have
not bceu brought to trial or else furmally abandoned, and
why they have been kept suspended over the heads of the
parties for so long a period."

The CIIAIRMIA,,i mid be had nothing to add to the re-
port of the recent proceedings of the Board of Customs be-
yond observing that it was the most suicidal conduct that
could be ever inuagined on the part of a public board.
Mr. Alderman FAHNCOMB moved that the report be
published and sent round to the proprietors.
Sir JAMES MORRISON seconded the motion.
The directors' report, and the special report in respect to
the customs, were paned unanimously.
Atter a vote of thanks to the chairman and directors, the
sseeting adjourned.

SPORTING.

TATTERSALUS—Mosatv.

The roily transactions of any amount or interest were on
the Goodwood Cup, for which Cariboo, on an outlay of
some hundreds, advanced to 3 to 1, taken. Nancy was
hocked early in the day at .5 to 1, the odds afterwards
currently otterd Voltigeur found tartan at 14 to Ito up-
wards.st 25:101., and at live (Meek was smaarhed. (Ile is
also struck out of the Ebor Handicap). 15 to I was laid
against, limmborangla, and 20 to I ago* Moans.
aboODW. 10U dTAK 1.71.
7to s 1 W.& Itertanto broad Duke (the Rapier wit)
IS 1.3 Dttritsea Namitoas (t)
IC 1 "Mr. Ilayeer's Pants
12 ar lord MAW* Hopitherd
II M Lad Claaa.ri.artt thnoporry
15 to Low Olampote• Mat Waip twit (t to 1001.)
20 to lir.T. Datrate's *alma bay (t)
SIIXTLICIC 21122101t1AL STAGES (GOODWOOD).
10. ma halts 5A212.01,01.
Brother to Elthiron was scratched at 9.33 a.m. on
Saturday last.

MADRID, Jet: 16.
Bravo Murillo read to the Cartes the olleial no•
tice of Siiiieher, physician of the Chamber, that
the queen has entered upon the fifth month of her
pregnancy. The pmgrrratas were obsm•ed to
cheer with gnat enthusiasm. The Gazette pub-
lishes a decree accepting the resignation of Don
Manuel de la Concha, and appointing Captain-
General of t'atalunia, ad iateriaa, Don Ramon
de la Rocha. M. Moreno intends to move, on
the eve of prorogation, the impeachment of minis-
ters for cancelling the credits of Bertran de Lis.
The railway bills are expected to be dismissed Bean
the rover.

MARRIAGE IN HUM LlPL—Teetertlay the mar-
riages( the Hon. flee. IL trades, third son of the Earl
of Halewood, with Lady Louisa Murray, °sly daughter of
the Karl of Mandield, was soleataised at Untlgate Church.
After the oostelusitis of the religiose rite the
adnesesed to the Earl of Mead *eat at Caen Wood,
where a d.j. .ur of a mist reektrehi description
wee smred up is spindle style. After rectum
the eusgratulations of their asombled friends the
happy bride and bridegroom left ex Boaelise, the Duke of
Eueelettch's nut, near Lysdhunt, Hants, for the hoary-
MOOG.
ATEROACIIINO MARRIAGES IN Hica is
now settled that lie. H. 14. Milo's, M.P., will shortly lead
to the hymeneal altar the Moe. Mir Ceems, Amer ot Lord
Crewe. We hear the will take place IM Me seen-
try at the cud of this or la the swift ninsth.—The
nuptials of tho Hen. Miss diet derglmer of
Lord Broughton, with the Hon. Cepa& fitraege Jocelyn,
second soo of the Earl of Roden, h is take pier this week.
NATIONAL LAND COMPANY 1)1MM/ft:I.—The
bill he winding up this Mbar has beta Lead a third tine
tned owed. .

GOODW( OD cur.
to 1 opt We Orenlkee Cariboo (t)
3 to 1 11,. Il.nlasees Sauey
13 to 1 Or. Ilaseste• 'Condensed (t)
30 to 1 Copt 114 n% Munn ,t)
1000 nee es Rion *Need aen ea of two (Int Iwo); ace sun
et Ow two Mined dA trosephe.
ST. LOOM
4to 1 apt Ufa ItaSet Derradts tbe WO
sto 1 ter .1. Howlee'e Apiroolte tt to I)
SO to 1 Mr. Unkett!Ttre.ll3ll34se

D..eun, Is T.
ion to too Witold him kote.boUaor to rattans (orris,)
IWO to N rr. Itertoomes Kiss of Teets (t)
lOW e. u Ur. T. Booth Y Tor.ossor (t)
Ober to street est el all her 1110.1•0001.

CRICKET.

OINTLIMEN e. PLATERS or ENOLAND.—This match
coanneseed yesterday at Lord's. The wore at the close of
the day stood as follows —Players, that innings, ; gen-
tlemen, that innings, 3 wickets down, 14.

TIM GREAT Exutarrton.—The following are the
roSt lel iv urea of the rtceipta of ,yesterlay .—Seaeott tickets,
61. 64.; at the doors, 3.3381. Is. 6d. ;—Total, 3.3411. 13a. Gd.
Police atusben, 70,640.
Arnetlt.U.TY, JuLT
tabu C. L. 801 l sad J. W. Hall, to VelfertaMf. Store-
kapott R. Ism; to aitestoon.

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 22, 1851.

solvent had struck out the wools "six copies," and
left it uncertain as to number. That fact was a strong
urination of what the ir.solvent had stated, lie thought the
alteration was important. He thought the charge of fraud
was not proved but disprowd. With regard to the money
which was to have been paid to Mr. Lien, he thought that
he hail, by his own carelessness, prevented himself from
complaining, for he hod gone on without receiving the costs
out of pocket for which, according tohis account,he had sti-
pulated, lie (Mr. Commissioner Phillips) had felt it lobe his
duty to deal with some severity towards the insist.
vent for his conduct towards the Bishop of Lon-
don, but not with greater severity than required. He
found no fraud in his conduct with Mr. Hell, and he ac-
quitted that gentleman of all intentional misrepresentation.
Neither did the case come under:the act on the ground that
Mr. Hell was to have been paid the costs out of pocket, be•
cause he had not required it to he done ; and, under all the
circumstances, there was nothing against the insolvent to
refuse his application, and therefore he was entitled to have
a day named for his final order. His Honour added that
the insolvent had reasonable expectation of payment, as he
saw by his schedule that he had uetn making 25W. a year as
a reporter.
A day was named for the final order, and protection