The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-28 00:00:00

SOMME RAILWAY.-{THIS DAT.)

The annual meeting of the shareholders was held
at 1 o'clock, at the Loodoa Tavern ; Mx. W. P. ANDRIW
in the chair.
The report, which wee Wowed some time before, having
been taken a. read,
The Catomtn. in mowing its adoption, observed
that the reason why the reveaus accouut of the
Pusjanb Railway did not appear in the report was
that it was not received till • day or two ego,
He then read a report from Colonel Elphinstooe.
the manager of the Puojaub lice. It stated that there bad
been & considerable and steady it:scream in both the -auger and goods tratlie, that the increase promised to
be continuous, and that the total of reseipte io the half-year
Gilding in December we/1410,238 rupees, or 60 mpeca per mile
per week. It was added that the working expenses were 68
per cent on the gross receipts spirit 72 per mat. is the
previous half-year. The chairman thee adverted to the in-
creased cotton traffic as a very favourable feature In the
company's positioo.
After some discussion the report was adopted, and the
proceedings terminated in the osuid manner.

Tea RIITORIC BILL.—WINIVENSTIM.—The re-
presentatives of a large section of the libe, al party bare
called a mmitiog of the electors and others of Westminster,
which is to be held at St. James's Hall, on Thursday,
April 12. They have invited all members of parliament
resident in Westminster to attend,.
OWEN'S COLLMOD, hislicliserrms.—The trustees of
Owen's Collate, Manchester, have appointed Mr. William
hat, M.A., Fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and
ewe of her Majesty's inspector' of schools is Scotland, to
the professorship of Natural Philosophy in Owee's College.
Mr. Jack graduated in 1855, when he was fourth Wrangler
Gad first Smith's prisam"e„
LONDON Rini VOLIINTIER BRIGADB. —The sixth
annual assault at arms of this brigade toot place yester-
day evening in the spacious rotunda of the Cool Exchange,
St. Mersa-at-Hill, which was splsodid'y decorated with
fags, bouncers, aod escutcheons, lighted up with jets of
gar, for the °curries. The proceedings were under the
presidency of LieutensetColonel Warde. Colonel
M'Morde, several members of the at, corporation, the
Deputy 'Repenter of Volunteers, and many hundreds of
visitors, the greeter number belongleg to the differ's%
metropolitan volunteer corps, were present. The pro-
gramme embraced almost every description of combative art
—foils, rabies, the old Baldish quarterstiff. the gloves,
tioslestioks. hermits, Indian (Aube, sword feats, »piers.
swords wad bayonets, and sabres and bayowito. The oom-
petitors were introduced by Sergeant-Major Southgate, an
old Crimean medalist. They were for the most part very
young men, and by the proficiency they exhibited the
school of arms, which the London Ride Brigade has creep-
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A very singular case of fraud by • Leeds jeweller '
timidly established, hes permed Held to be : most vale
has just transpired. It seems that about a week ago, a
lir. Bond, who for some time bed carried on busbies ae i adi•••• to • 'anthem' en?'•
a jeweller and
rima maker in Bend.strest, Lem* dime.. ! THE OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE lINIVIRSIXT
peered. At the ie of hii disappearance he had in his RACSJT KATCHl3.—Yeetenle7 the doable or four-handed
care • large number of valuable watches, which had been match at rackets waa_plaved at Prima' Club-bows, Hans.
entrusted to him by his customers for repair ; ;and on it. of
illoane-strest, Clashes, is the presence of the Prince
becoming known that be bad left Leeds, tea ownets of the of Wales, a coesidemble number of spectators, and the
watches, not unoaturally, became anxious as to the safety members of both noivershisi. An analysis of the play
of their property. They ware unable to of any moo. shows that Cambridge used 97 aces, winning their four
in spite of their repeated ulnae by 8. 9, 12. and 4 aces respectively, and Orford got I
anon on this point, however,
inquiries at the place where Mr. Bond carried on his btu& 75 thee, while% their three ranee by 5. 3, and 3 thee to-
nes& The remit was that the matter was placed in the sPestively, the gent two being "est.' The single match will
hands of the polies. who yesterday visited the premises is be pleYed ibie,,d4y.
Bond-street, sad there suoseeded in obtaiaing between leittr llfgemlell—Posrifrollti.Lting; Jti T. W.
fifty and sixty lettere, addressed to as many of ILr. Bond's —Tossoar Nom —During • gale teem the N. W., • few
customer.. Tame letters, on being opened, were found to days since. Mates the Rev. O. L. Williams), the smack
toxemia pawn tickets for the watches that had been left at Jenny Jones, of Bargiontit, while endeavouring to make I
the shop for repair, to tie *amber el nearly 70. Tke let- for shelter at Portbdinllies, failed to do so, and was leveed
tees•lo worded as follows :—"Bir,—lt is with deep rim to let go her mother in • dangerous Peale" in the 1
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lof die.
Bret and palatal feeling Ism°Driveled to mad the enclosed, Bay. One du& parted, whet she hoisted a sigh
my husband having, Uiroggh many sod severe losses, left teem, and the Cotton Stewart lifeboat of the National
as last week for America. hate hes his health, I hope is Lifeboat Lortitetion was at owe bombed to her maistanei. I
• short title a pay yea wt is dim—Teem ka, 41•711 The lifeboat brought safely ashore the crew of three race I
Boon." vre regret to my that them appears at present to of tit* smacke se well as two tomalleys who bad previougly
be go else to Kr. Bend's whereabouts, broad tbe intim- gets to her and. The lifeboat ales offered amisiguse• be ay.
Bel coeceyed by the shove, that be hes gets to America,— other yawls at sashes is they b, boa bee serving wen I
Leeds Mercury. met grooked.