The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-22 00:00:00

THE CATTLE PLAGUE.

MEETING OF THE COMMON 001flitilL.
(THIS DAY.)
At a Court of Common Connell holden this
morning at Guildhall, under the presidency of the LORD
MAYOII, the Town Clerk (Mr. Woodthorpe), reed a own-
municatice from Sir G. Grey, addressed to the Lord Mayor, et
informing him that a hill for the preventiou of live cattle 14...
puke *rough the metropolis had ponied both Homes a
of Parliament, and that this would neosseitate •
• much larger supply of dead meat for the ag.
use of the public. He therefore requested that *
the corpora** would take such steps by Nee*. let
ing additional markets sod say other means mew
eery to afford a regular supply of food far the me
of the inhabitants of the metropolis. Mr. Hoak*
the chairman of the Markets Improvement Chen. at.
mitts% stoned that SW comumnioation be referred et.
N the Markets Committee, which motion was agreed to. es•
Deputy Snelling said be should be glad if the chairman of
the Meeks*, Committee would inform him whether any ad. es.
ditioaal accommodation had been provided, or whether asy ea
ameromodation at all existed for the abingliter of foreign at.
live antis either at Blechman or Thames Haven. He also St.
whhed to blow whether each cattle, under the new
...St,
act of parliament. weld be brought from either of the Z.
places he had rosatioacid to London. Mr. Rudkiu said ee,
that there wee ao accommodation for slaughtering 86,
*Ole, and they eartainly could not be brought at.
by railway. He added that by one of the claw* at.
of Mr. Hunt's bill upon the nib** of the cattle ilk
plague, no cattle could be moved aloeg a publie
highway for • greater dictums than 600 yards. Strenuous M.
effort., be believed, would, however, be made to ebta* se.
some modification of this clause so as to enable it
foreign cattle to be brought from Blackwall to London to le
be slaughtered, and if this were permitted under the exist- el„,
lug state of things it would undoubtedly be a great boos 174
to the public. The subjoin thee dropped. st

THE LION BEZWEBY COMPANY (LIMITED). I 7,
(THIS DAY.) 5

This morning the Slat ordinary general meeting
waa held_ at
_the Nyeatminater Palace Hotel; Mr. HENRY Btu

Tnowss in the chair. tat
The report stated that the net pinata realised from tt
the general trade of the company had amounted to U
38,3221. le. lid. After payment of interest on beano' of $
purobase4nooey, current and deposit noon* and also the •
interim dividend paid to Jane 30, at the rate of 6 per 1,1
cent. per annum from the Ist January on the preference a 1
shares, and 10 per oast per annum oa the °Winn shares, Is
from the let January, and after writing eff 5,6731. Oa. 6d. 8t
for depresiation, and a portioa of the expenses incident to ?t•
the transfer of the business, titers remained a
balsam of 95631. 6s. 11d., which the dine- ;Z.
tooss advised should be appropriated as follows, via : 86.
I. To pay dividend (less income tax) for the half-year ea to
the 6 per esat piefereaos shame, 2,5171. Se. Bd.. 2. To pay Bt
a dividesd (less income tax) oa the ordinary share capital 18
for the pest half year at the rate of 10 per osat. pa/annum, .
3,7801. 18s. 4d. • total, 6,2981. 4a. This will leave 3,2551. at
2a. lid. to be (tinted to the credit of the new profit and

loss account.
The CHAIRMAN, in moviog the adoption of the report,
Awned that the directors in their operatiooe had been

rated by desire to push the home trade rather than enter '2`
ato competition for govenunent coat:lets. The increase in r
the malt conimmed for this purpose was eomethieg like 70
20 per oent. over that of 1864, white the mortgagee en public- 'pi
bonne) had advanced as the 31st of December last from to
18,8001. to very nearly 53,0001., and on the whole the erode 100
of 1866 showed an improvement of 6 per cant. over 1864.
Since the 31st of Deeember, when the accounts were made „,"
up, there bad been a further increase, and compared with 170'
kid year the returnexhibited a nee of 25 per east. The malt
and hope, however, of 1866 were not only deficient is qua- ft
thy sod Interior in quality to the produce of 1864, bat were tn.
greatly enhanced in pries; and it should be remembered that 100
79,501 , which had been borrowed etflper cent., would have 102,
to be paid off this year, thereby increasing the capital 11
that would have to share in the next dividend. The up
directors made no promisee for the future, but despite we
these drawbacks they were full of hope that the dividend 106
would be maintaieed. LOS
The report was adopted and the dividend declared, tee
ea.

NATAL ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN 866
.
RAILWAY DURING THE FOG. n•

An inquiry was held by Mr. James Bird, the n
West Middlesex coroner, last night, at the West London tie
Hospital, Broadway, Hammaremith, touching the death of too
Inspector Joseph Baker, aged 26, who lost his life on the 10
Metropolitan Railway. St.
It appeared from the evidence that the deceased was one kt
of the irtatn inspectors at the Hammersmith station of
the Metropolitan Beltway. Oe but Tuesday morning, after gt,3o
the departure of the 6.20 train for London, the deceased or- to
dared the driverof an menet° take some third olasecarriagee
out of • siding and attach them to an up train that was 1110
standing at the west platform. The deceased then walked ast
down the line to tell the signal man to put on the danger tx
signal, when the train from Farringdon-strese approached. et
The morning was very foggy, and the deceased was not A.
seen alive after be walked down the line. IL

Charles Webber, fieman of the engine in question, said
that as the engine was crossing the points he felt a hard
substance grate against the break. The engine was stopped
as quickly as possible, and upon witness gob's book to see
what was the matter he found the deceased lying in subteen.
slide state noon the metals and covered with blood. He had
been dragged a distance of 50 yards by the engine. The de.
ceased had evidently been knocked down by the engine, but
it was impossible for the engine driver to have seen him
on amount of the dense fog. The deceased was removed to
the hospital, where he died the same day. His right foot
wu cut off, his left leg broken, and his head wu injured.
He had received dreadful injuries all over the body.
Wm. Thorne, engine driver, corroborated the evidence of
the last witness, end said that the fog was so great on the
morning of the fatal occurrenee that he could hardly see
two yards in front of the engine.
The Coroner having summed up, the jury returned a
verdict of "Accidental death through having been rue over
by a certain engine on the Metropolitan lleilwey.•
The deceased was much respected by the numerous par
singers on the line for his uniform courtesy.

THE Qtrzares IJsrvasarrY AND Qrsis's Cox,
LIGIS tx lan..urp.—To-morrow Sir R. Peel will move in
the House of Commons that an humble address be pre-
sented to her Majesty, praying her Majesty graciously to
withhold her consent from aoy change she may be advised
to make in the charter and constitution of the Queen's
University and:Queen's Colleges in Ireland, until thishouse
has had an opportunity of expressing its opinion whether
such change is desirable to be made. _

The Civil Service estimates this year include
an estimate of 20,0001. required during the coming yeas
towards the expeases of erecting a building for the use of
the University of London. The total estimate for
the work is 6.5,0001. This is a new estimate. Another new
estimate is one of 7,0001., towards the restorytion of the
Chapter•house at Westminster, the total estimate for
the work being 25,0001. The sum of 50,000!. is asked
towards erecting a Naturist History Museum, and 7,0001.
for the purchase or erection of buildings for the Queen's
University in Inland, leaving a further estimate for com-
pleting of 3,0001.

The total number of visitors to Kew-gardens last
year was 55,934 in excess of that of 1864. There were
260,040 visitor on Sundays, and 269,201 on week-jays.
The smallest week-day attendance was on October 26, when
there were only nine visitors. On the previous Sunday
there were only 17. On the sth of June—a week dsy—as
many as 19,849 visited the tardens in one day ; and on a
Sunday in July there were 16,842.

61,090/. is required to defray expenses connected
with the houses of parliament in the coming year, of which
sum 21.4201. is for " completing the Cloak Tows: and for
works in New Palace-yard and its approaches,' sad 4,8001.
for various works of ark

The eum required to defray the expenses for the
coming year of the royal parka sad pleuare-gardens adder

this management of her Idajeety's Commiseionm of Works
96,7691. Of this sum Kew Gardens take 20,2161., sad
$k James, Green, and H►de Parks, 26,6391.
The Times animadverts very strongly upon some
recent proceedings of the Meadimity Society towards their
officials.
Mr. (lye telegraphs from Berlin that the cloning
of the Covent-garden Theatre is in so way attributable to
the state of ace lusts tetwesu the company and their
lemor. "The Opera Oompaoy," be says, "are simply my
tuna's. They are is my debt about 5001., bet as they
will at the eni of their season have a daimon motor about
3001., I have not pressed them for the bainsee."