The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-19 00:00:00

DEBENTURE STOCKS.

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No. 2,

PREFERENCE SHARES.
Great Eastern, Eastern Counties Extension,
$6,
Great Northern, 4i per cent., redeemable at 10 per cent.
prem., 021.
Great 'Western, Original (B. and H. E►.) 41 per
cent., 801.

Anglo-American Telegraph (Lim. J.
Berlin Waterworks (Limited), 12), ad.
Ceylon Company (Limited), 10j.
Ditto A shares, 11, I.
Commercial Union (Assurance), 31.
Credit Fancier of England (Limited), 3), 1, 13-16.
Credit Foncier of Mauritius (Lim.),
Ebbw Vale, 10, ad.
Egyptian Commercial and Trading (Limited), 3 1-16.
General Credit and Discount (Limited), 5, 41.
Hudson's Bay, 16, ).
London Financial Association (Limited), 7).
London General Omnibus Company (Lim.). 3 3-16, 4.
National Discount Company (Limited), 13f ,t.
Rio de Janeiro Citylmprovements (Limited), 4.
Viceroy of Egypt (Mortgage) Loan, 724.

ITALIAN IRRIGATION COMPANY.

(THIS DAY.)

This day a meeting of bond and shareholders in
' the Italian Irrigation Company was held at the London
Tavern, Mr. Setaer in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said that the meeting was called
to consider the extraonlinary conduct of the Italian
government towards the company. By the conven-
tion with the Italian government they were entitled to
a minimum interest of 6 per cent. on the opening of the
canal. The canal was opened on the 12th of April, 1866,
but not one shilling of the interest guaranteed had been
paid by the Italian government. (Shame.) It was only
necessary to expose such conduct to have it condemned by
every honest man. It appeared to be the object of the
Italian government to wear out the patience of the bond
and shareholders, in order that they might be able
to buy the canal at their own price. He com-
plained of the non-presentation of the Sella-conven-
tion to the Italian parliament, which prevented the
company from being able to meet the claims of their
creditors. As a means of bringing the Italian government
to a sense of their duty, be suggested that the supply of
water by the canal should le stopped--that the conduct of
the government in this matter should be exposed on all the
bourses of Europe, and that a petition should be presented
to the King. (Hear, hear.)
A discussion took place in which the conduct of the
Italian government was freely condemned, and the
meeting was still deliberating on the course of action to
be adopted when we went to press.

ANOTHER DEATH PROM WANT IN TEE

EAST•END.

Mr. Humphreys, the coroner, held an inquest at
the Bricklayers' Arms, Charles-street, Hackney-road, last
evening, touching the death through destitution of a
woman named Ellen Russell, aged 66 years.
Jane Agland, 22, Coldharbour-street, Bethnal-green,
said that deceased lodged with her for the last 13 year..
She was the widow of an umbrella-maker, and she
supported herself while she was able to get work as
a charwoman. For the last six weeks she earned no-
thing. She had been ailing a little. She lived upon
one or two 2s. tickets given to her by the St. Thomas's
School people, and she pawned her clothes to pay witness
the Is. ed. a week rent. She applied to the parish for
relief ; the guardians refused her relief but offered her the
house. She would not go into the workhouse, and she
got nothing. She pawned all her things. The furniture
left in her room would not fetch fie. She had hardly any-
thing on her during the cold weather. She had no blanket,
only a sheet to cover her at night. Her death was due to
want. Witness gave her tea often. When she was ill, • '
month ago, the parish surgeon attended her, and he
advised her to go into the infirmary, but nothing would
induce her to go into the workhouse.
Mary Ann Agland said that upon her return from
work on last Wednesday evening, her mother (the last
witness) asked her to go up and see what was the matter
with the deceased, " She was groaning so." Witness said,
" Have you not been up before to-day r and her mother
said she had not. When witness went up she found de-
ceased lying insensible on the floor, with the sheet only
covering her. The parish doctor was bent for, but she ,
only lived till Friday.
Mary Wicks, a neighbour, gave corroborative evidence
as to the suffering of the deceased. She had only a few
rags for covering, and she was half starved. A short time ,
ago she said she would destroy herself ; that a penny-
worth of stuff would end everything. She was cast down
by the death of a daughter at Christmas. She complained
a month ago of the want of food. Witness asked the
parish doctor to allow her sonic nourishment, but he said
that he dared not. . .

Mr. W. duchy, a Scripture reader, said that he used
to visit the deceased, and he used to procure her tickets
fur about a shilling's worth of food a week. He thought she
earned about 6d. or 9d. a week beyond that. He thought
her death was due to destitution. She was always sober.
She got an order to go into the workhouse, hut she said
she would rather die than go in, and she tore the order
up. Her room had always a most destitute and desolate
appearance.
Ellen Gibbons, • married daughter of the deceased,
living in Westminster, said that she was quite unable to
assist her. Witneu believed she died of want.
Mr. H. Lyle, parish surgeon, said that he attended the
deceased a month ago for bronchitis. He asked her to go
into the workhouse, and she refused. On Wednesday
last he was called to her, and found her dying. He gave
her stimulants, &c. She died on Friday from effusion of
serum into the ventricles of the brain, and into the cavity
of the lungs. The sufferings described by the witnesses
would accelerate death. • i

The Coroner having 'unlined up,
The jury returned a verdict, " That deceased was found
dying, and she soon after died, from effusion of serum on
the brain, accelerated by want of food and by general
privations."