The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-31 00:00:00

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Y.C.C., Mtlndthp. 132 ; second innings, sin w.nkets down.
SS; may, hist A,1210.
SUBSET v. ReGLAND.—This match commenced yester-
day at the Oval, Itenningtca. The followang was the score:—
Ina bidast.44l.

ZEAL EXCHANGE BANS (LIMITED).

An extraordinary genera/ meeting of share-
holders in this concern was heLllsat evening at the Whit-
tington Club, for the purpose of taking into consideration
the position and prosperity of the beak, sad to determine
the most expedient course to pursue under the circum•
stanoes in which the bank, by the resent monetary air*

bad been
Mr. T. RAITZ181.11; the chairman, said the present
meeting was absolutely necessary to conclude the business
of the bank with a view to its future management. The
resolutions to be submitted were en embodiment of those
agreed upon by the shareholders at a previous meeting ,
held at the London Tavern. The first was, That in the
opinion of this meeting it will be advisable to wind up the
company voluntarily, and that all necessary
be taken in the Court of Chancery for turning Cc:et:l-
-sory order already. made into a voluntary winding up, sub-
ject to the sive:mien of the court."
This motion was seconded and carried unanimously.
After a desultory discussion resolutions were passed, one
declaring that Mr. F. Piero was a fit and proper person to
be associated with the official liquidator take
, Mr. Cooper, to
' carry out the voluntary winding up, and agreeing to
I the proper steps for obtaining Mr. Pierces appointment
by the court; and a second, appointing the following
gentlemen to act in conjunction with the official
liqul-
datora :--Mr. W. W. Urwick, Mr. T. H. White, and the
Rev. R. Magture, representing shareholders ; and Mr.
C. Wood, Mr. Wilshire, and Mr. Pulleyn, representing
creditors.
The Citmuteir then proposed—" That in the opinion of
this meeting it will be advisable that the liquidators
should take steps for carrying into full effect the transfer
of the business of the bank to the London and Exchange
Bank (Limited), upon the terom of the agreement dated
2nd July, 1866, between the General Exchange Bank
(Limited), and Mr. W. Paul Clift on behalf of the Gene-
re* Banking Company, now called the London and Ex-
change Bank (Limited) or with such modifications as the
liquidators and the London and Exchange Bank (Limited)
shall consider beneficial"
Mr. PULLint seconded the motion.
A SHARXHOLDIR wished to know whether the new
*pommy was formed, and who were the directors, manager,
sad secretary?
The CHAIRMAN said the directors were not yet appointed.
The shareholders were now in the bands of the persons who
bad signed the articles of association.
Mr. PIZIICT further explained that the articles of asso-
ciation, which before were very faulty, had been recoi-
-1 etructed, so that for the future the shareholders would not
be held in monetary slavery. Certainly a new bank had
been formed, and a number of boni fide shareholders had
signed the articles. A provisional directory existed, and
although the notices had only been out a few days applica-
tions bad been received for 15,000/. worth of shares. The
bank was doing an exceedingly good bullion business st 79,
Lombard-etreet, and he himsdf had invested heavily in the
new concern to preserve that business. He would rather
Um every penny he had than allow Mr. Hartland to possess
it. (Cheers.) Thatgentleman, who hednowbeencheckmated,
I had not, according to legal authority, a leg to stand upon.
A new manager was not yet appointed.
The Rev. R. Maguire, one of the provisional directors,
Mr. Brown, Mr. Mowatt, of Dublin, and other gentlemen,
I supported the resolution.
Mr. Coops, the official liquidator, said he bad re-
, eeived two claims since the approximate state-
' ment was laid before the shareholders at the
London Tavern. The first claim was for 20,0001.
made by Mr. Hartland, the late manager. (" Oh, oh.")
This claim was made up of three heads, first, 19,0001. espur-
ahem money of the Lombard-street premises ; secondly, a
claim for lowa position as manager; and thirdly, damages
for loss of character. (Roars of laughter.) Another claim
of 8,0001. had been made by Mr. Whinney with regard to
the old Hamburg bank, but several errors had been ad-
mitted which would probablr reduce the amount. But for
these two claims the approximate statements were correct.
Numerous other speakers addressed the company upon
matters chiefly relating to Whirs disposed of at previous
meetings. Some warm exchanges of opinion took place, in
which the words " lying" and " swindling" were prominent.
After a prolonged discussion, a most uproarious scene
occurred, in consequence of the chairman announcing his
I intention of making some explanations respecting " the
14,0001. ueetion." The majority of the gentlemen on the
platforn4objected so strongly, that some of them shouted
until they were hoarse, while Mr. Piercy and other gentle-
men, notwithstanding the earnest recall of many share-
holders, left the meeting. ThechairmanamidetinterruPtion
entered into a review of the career of the board of which
he was a member, but no explanation,although the body
of the meeting seemed anxious to elicit it, was given on-
" the 14,0001. question."
It was stated by Mr. Piracy fwho had been prevailed
upon to return) that when the directors were nominated
the names would be submitted to a general meeting of the
shareholders for confirmation. The shareholders were
also recommended to trust in the committee they had
appointed.
The resolution having been ultimately carried, the pro-
ceedings, having lasted from six to ten, concluded.

REPRIEVE OT THE NOTTINGHAM MURDERESS.—
Jane Ravin, sentenced to death at the last Notts Assizes,
for the murder of her child, has been respited during her ,
Majesty's pleasure. The respite was made known to the ;
unhappy young woman on Saturday evening, when she was
so overcome by the intelligence that she was unable for
some time to give utterance to her feelings.
MURDER IN LONG-ACRE.—A cruel murder has,
from all appmrance, been perpetrated on the person of a
boy about e4ht years of age, in a place called Neile's-pas-
rage, near Long-acre. It appears that a young girl who
resides in No. 1, Neile's-paseage, had occasion to go to the
cistern for water at an early hour yesterday morning, when
she was horrified to find the body of a boy hanging by a
piece of cord in the cistern, and his bands bound behind
his back. She raised an alarm, and the body was out
down, but no one recognised it sathat of any child known in
the neighbourhood. Inquiries were at once made, and it
was ascertained that the boy was the son, by a deoeased
husband, of a woman who resides in No. 2, te Lion-
sheet, Seven Dials, and who is married to a man who is stated
to be a tailor. The deceased boy lived with his aunt
somewhere in the vicinity of Drury-lane, but it
is stated that at two o'clock yesterday morning his step-
father took him away, and after that time the poor lad
was not seen alive. The string with which his bands were
tied corresponds with a piece of material which was found
is his mother's house by the police. The manner in which
the boy was taken in to the house in Neils's-wasp and
strangled there remains a mystery. The mother and aunt
have been taken into costody, but the step-father has not
been seen nor beard of since the murder. The parties
bear an unfavourable character in the neighbourhood
where they reside. The body of the boy lies in the work-
house awaiting the coroner's inquest.
A MAN POISONED BY NTTRO-GLYCBRINE.—MT.
C. J. Carttar, coroner for West Kent, yesterday held an
inquest on the body of Daniel O'Leary, whose death it ap-
pears was caused by swallowing a small portion of a liquid
known as nitro-glycerine, the combustion of which la
capable of producing mast disastrous results. It appears
that the deceased was a labourer in the employ of a govern-
ment contractor, and whilst at work near the proof butt at
the Royal Arsenal be found under some timber a bottle
containing about half an ounce of a white liquid which
smelt like whisky, and the man drank it. He was after-
, wards taken ill, conveyed home, and attended by a
me-
dical gentleman, who administered emetics, &c., but after
• lingering about 12 hours the sufferer expired. It appears
• that the bottle and its contents had been left by some
. officers who had been engaged in experiments with the
' liquid for explosive purposes. A verdict was returned in
accordance with the evidence. -
•

THE CHOLERA.—Great alarm was created in
North Shields on Sunday by two vessels which arrived in
the port with a large fleet of light vessels from the south,
having been put into quarantine. They are the schooner
Barnard Castle, of Guernsey, and the brag Ocean, of Col-
chester, both from London. The Barnard Castle had •
man 11l of cholera on board, and he was removed to the
cholera hospital at South Shields. The master of the
Ocean died at four o'clock on Sunday morning at sea,
having only been ill from nine o'clock on Saturday night.
His body has been interred at South Shields. A telegram
was received in North Shields on Saturday, stating that
Mrs. English, wife of Mr. H. English, of that town, sur-
veyor, had died suddenly at London, it is said, from cho-
lera.—The cholera is increasing in LiverpooL Six addi-
tional deaths have occurred since Sunday.
FIRE AT A RAILWAY CARRIAGE WORKS NEAR
BIBINNOBAN.—On Sunday morning a fire was disoovered
on the premises of Messrs. Marshall, railway carriage
builders, at Saltley, near Birmingham. The works are
very extensive, occupying a space of nearly thirteen acres.
The fire broke out in one of the earriage-building shops.
being nearly 160 feet in length. From the combustible
nature of the materials the flames spread with much
rapidity, and fears were at one time entertained that the
whole of the premises would be burnt down, but efficient
aid having been speedily obtained the fire was confined to
that part of the buildings in which it broke out. A great
deal of property, manufactured and otherwise, was de-
stroyed. The damage done will amount to several thou-
sand pounds, but the insurance is ample. The cause of
the disaster is not known.
CoLmatort ON THE GRKAT RASTERN RAILWAY.—
A collision between two goods trains took place at the
Bury St. Edmunds station of the Great Eastern Railway
on Saturday. One of the trains was being made up and
was nearly ready to start when another (which ought to
have been stopped at some distance off, bat in eoimequonoe
of the greasy state of the rails from wet did not answer to
the break) ran into the stationary train, smashing the
break van and oonsiderably damaging the front part of
the eapae. The guard and one er two others who were
in the break van which was demolished had sees the
danger and had quitted the van In time to escape in*,
otherwise they would in all probability have boa killed_
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Carerai. PALaca. Own B=usiso DAY.
MONDAY, JULY 30.—Admiasions parneath.B,429 ;
ditto by mem tiara* 1,272. Total aimilwa, 2,7