The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-06 00:00:00

CHOLERA AND DIARRHA RETURNS.

DEATHS REGISTERED ON SATCRDAT, NOVEMBER 3.
Population estimated
to middle
of 1058. Cholera. Diarrhoea.
West districts
North districts 580,021
Central districts ... 359,219
East districts 007,945
South districts

Total in London ... 3,037,991 4
General Register-office, Somerset•honae, Nov. 5.

OvEREND, GURNEY, AND Co. (LlMlTED).—Yester-
day afternoon these was a numerous attendanoe before
Vice-ChancellorKindersley, at the chambers of his lordship,
Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, when certain summonses,
postponed from last week, were brought forward. Mr.
Denton (Maynard and Co.), for the official liquidator, said
that Is short time ago it was thought necessary, on the pot
of his clients, to summon 950 of the contributories of the
company, the list having been properly settled under the
voluntary liquidation of the estate. It had, however, be-
come also necessary to enforce the payment of the call of
101. per share. A decision was made at the chambers of
Vice-Chancellor Stuart during the vacation that the call
ought not to be postponed, and in coneequetce of that a
four-day order went against twelve gentlemen. The effect
of that was that a large number of persons paid their calls.
so that the liquidators found an increase in their funds
of from a quarter to half a million sterling in one
week. There still, however, remained hundreds who had
not paid. A summons was served upon them, calling on
theta to show cause why they should nut pay. That, how-
ever, was adjourned because a gentleman had stated that
be had given notice of an appeal to the court on similar
grounds,notice having been given of the hearing for Thurs-
day next.—The Vice-Chancellor: Is that what I have hail
notice of from the Attorney-General on the first duty of
term!—Mr. Denton said it was so. He thought it would
be better that, instead of now taking orders, he should at
once admit the propriety of all the applications standing
over until the other matters were discussed. Tee moment
his honour had given a decision then notice could be for-
warded the parties to attend on their summonses—The
Vice-Chancellor : Is there any gentleman present on the
list of shareholders of the name of Wilkinson! because
a letter came to me so signed, and dated either 182 or
122, Pall-mall. When I gathered what it was about from
nip private secretary, he informed me that it was a long
argument on the shareholders' view of the case. Of
course everybody knows, or ought to know, how im-
proper it is to address remarks to the judge in any cause.
At all events I beg leave to inform those who pursue
such a course that, so far as I am concerned, it is use-
less. Nut only do I never read such communications ;
but the writer thereof has laid himself open for committal
for contempt of court. The matter was, therefore, ordered
to stand over for a fortnight.
A MODERN " JEANIE DEANS."—The recent trial
of Peter Luke at the Dundee Circuit Court will be in the
remembrance of our readers, where some of the jury, as
was alleged, instead of being locked up, were allowed
to go here and there and everywhere, and in con-
sequence a petition to Mr. Walpole, the present Home
Secretary, was presented un behalf of the accused, whose
agent, Mr. l'aul, informs us that the Secretary of State
has remitted the application to the Lord Justice Clerk,
and that, under the application and remit, the offi-
cials in Dundee are now leading precognitions, so that
the facts may be truly ascertained. There has been in
this case a somewhat similar romance to that of " Jeanie
Deans." Mrs. Luke, the widowed mother of her son now
undergoing sentence, not sati,fied with the written petition
on her son a behalf, and no doubt thinking that a widow's
tears and weeds might gain her Queen's sympathy, pro-
ceeded to Balmoral in the hope of getting an interview
with her Majesty. For days the widow followed her
Majesty from place to place ; but, unlike "Jeanie
Deans,' she failed to get an interview with royalty.
Driven to extremities, and before leaving Balmoral, she
addressed a letter to the Queen ; and in answer to that
letter she has received • reply from her Majesty's secre-
tary, which shows that, however humble the party from
whom an application proceeds, the Queen and her advisers
will not overlook it. We give below her Majesty's secre-
tary's letter, and, without commenting on the case, we have
no doubt that justice will be fully done by the Lord
Justice Clerk, to whom it is remitted. It occurs to us that
either Peter Luke must be liberated, or that the locking up
of juries should be done away with. It lies, however, with
the Secretary of State now to say whether the prisoner
should be set at liberty. The communication from her
Majesty's private secretary to Mrs. Luke is as follows :
" General Grey has received snd submitted Mrs. Luke's
letter to the Queen, and, be her Majesty's command, has
transmitted it for the consideration of the Home Secre-
tary, by whose recommendation, in all such cases, her
Majesty is necessarily guided.—Balmoral, Oct. 13,1866."—
Dundee Advertiser.
HER MAJESTY'S STAG HOUNDS. —The regular
bunting of the season with the royal pack commenced
yesterday, the meet, as is customary, being at Salt-hill,
where there was a large muster of sportsmen, including
Lord Colville, the noble master, Captain Ewart, Major-
General A. N. Hood, Captain Seymour, Messrs. Cantrell,
Nixey, Seeker. H. Seeker, Vale, Aldridge, Turrell, Boyce,
Pyecroft, Fordham, Oliver, Jones, Pullin, lie. When the
hounds came up they were trotted to Baylis Farm, Stoke,
where in one of Mr. Henry Cantrell's ploughed fields the
deer Truant was uncarted, and went away in the direction
of Farnham-commoo. After fifteen minutes' law the
hounds were laid on, but the scent being indifferent y
got away slowly from the common. The deer took to
Burnham Beeches, and after dogging about here some
little time it went right away to Beaconafleld, thence to-
wards Penn, and was taken at Loudwater, near High
Wycombe, after a run of an hour and three-quarters. The
country was found to be in better oonditlon than wee ex-
pected. The meets during the season will be alternately
one week on Monday and Friday, and the following, Tue.-
day and Friday.
CRYSTAL PALACE. Ors SHILLIXY DAY.
MONDAY, NOV. s.—Admiaelcos CSI payment, 1,444; ditto
by season tisk** 943. Teta Tilton. 2,387.