The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-19 00:00:00

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL

CAUSE&
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
HANCOCK r. TEM.

His lordahip delivered a long and important judgment
in this case this morning, and it will be remembered as a
suit by the guardian of Mrs. Peaty to dissolve her mar-
riage with Mr. Penity, a clerk in the Rank of England, on
the ground that she was insane at the time of the mar-
riage. His lonlship said after the evidence which had
been adduced there could be no doubt that the
lady was suffering front insane delusions at the
time of marriage, but he did not believe that the
husband was aware of the fact, and therefore he had
been hardly treated by the lady's family, who allowed
him to marry a young lady who was not of sound mind.
Before the court would pronounce a decree for the disso-
lution of the marriage it must be satisfied that the lady
Wait at present insane, and therefore until that question
was 'waled one way or the other the matter would bo
further adjourned.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Conunissioner Winslow.)
IN RE D. E. HEM&

This was an adjourned hitting for e%amination and dis-
charge. The Faulk nipt described himself as of 43, Ludgate-
hill, general dealer. The premises where he carried
on huhini ss have since been occupied by persons
who kept a mock auction, and who, it may
he remembered, were recently prosecuted, but were
acquitt,il upon technical grounds. The bankrupt's
debts are 516/. ; assets of trilling amount.
Mr. Bagley opposed for the assignees. The bankrupt
had renilen:il cash and goods accounts, from which it
appeared that while his purchases had exceeded 1,400 f.,
his returns were only about 7W., and a Nigher sum of
money loud not been accounted for.
Mr. Reed, for the bankrupt, stated that the large less
was refentlile to the system of forced sales which had been
resorted to, and which was excusable on the part of a
foreigner, ignorant of the practices of the English market.
Ultimately an adjournment was ordered for amended
accounts.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.
(THIS DAY.)

THE BRUTALITY OF A FATHER TA HIFI RON.

William Foot, aged a tall man with white hair, was
placed at the bar charged with gross brutality to his son,
William Foot, by heating him and Alumnie him with a hot
poker upon the chest, neck, and face, and kicking him
acriwii the eye with his boot.

This was really 14 sad awe, and caused a thrilling venaa-
tion in court.

William Foot, a diminitive boy, whose bead scarcely
reached the top of the witness-box, said he was nearly 12
years of age. The prisoner was his father. On Wednes-
day night he came home, and swore at him because the
kettle was not boiling. lie beat him, and kicked him,
and he was so afraid of him that be got under the bed-
stead out of his way. The prisoner said to him, "You
little vagabond, I will pay you for the old and the new
tricks." Ills father put the poker into the fire. After
waiting sonic time for the poker to be heated, ho struck
at him under the bed, and burned him on the the-.t, on
his neck, and on his arms. (Sensation.) At the time
this occurred he had no jacket on.
The Assistaht-Judge—Did he do anything more to you?
The witness—On the Saturday following when I got up
the burns hurt me so much that I could not bold my head
up, and bent it on my chest. My father then said,
" Stand up you little —," and kicked nie over the eye,
causing this place (the witness put his hand to his fore-
head).

The Assistant-Judge—Have you got any brothers and
sisters?

Witness—One brother and one sister. I have got no
mother • she is a second mother and uses me very kindly.
My father was sober when he did this. When he burnt
me he had just come home to have his tea, and because
the water was not boiling he burnt me.
The Assistant-Judge (to the prisoner)—Have you any-
thing to say for yourself
The prisoner said he was very sorry for what he bad
done. He was in ap...ssion at the time.

The AsaistantJudie—Has he ever charged you with
doing anything wrong ?
The witness—Yes, sir ; he charged me with taking a
sixpence. I did take it off the table to buy some bread,
but when I sat down to tie my shoestring I loot it. My
stepmother was at work when this occurred ; and when
she is at home she gives me bread when my father would
not.

The Assistant-Judge—ls the surgeon hers
Mr. William Francis Fuller, M.It.C.S., and surgeon to
St. Marylebone Workhouse, was sworn—He described the
injuries the little boy bad received. He had a large wound
over the right temple as though it had been a kick. There
were burns round the corners of the mouth as though
something hot like a poker bad been thrust into his mouth.
(Sensation.) The instrument was not red hot, but must
have caused a deal of pain at the time. There were
several burns in the neck, chest, sod arms, caused by
blows or the application of some hot instrument.
The jury found the prisoner Guilty.
The Assistant-Judge said he was at a loss to understand
how a man could treat his own flesh and blood in such a
way as the prisoner bad done, the only provocation or
aggravation being that of his not fading the water
boiling when he came home. It was astonishing to
see such an extent of brutality practised. The court
had very great doubts whether they ought not to send
thesoner away to penal servitude. A person who
would injure his own son as he had done was a disgrace.
Should the prisoner, when his imprisonment had expired,
be guilty of any act of cruelty to his son, he would be
brought before the court and severely dealt with. The
sentence of the court was that he he imprisoned and kept
to hard labour for 1$ calendar months.

The Assistant-Judge—By whore was this prosecution
instituted ?

Mr. Tubbe, assistant overseer, said the matter was taken
up by the parish authorities of St. Marylebone, and pro-
secuted by them. Mr. Mansfield, the magistrate who
sent the case for trial, had received numerous letters from
humane people offering pecuniary assistance. Amongst
those, the Marquis of Towimbend and Mr. Drummond,
the banker, had volunteered to permanently provide for
the boy.
The Assistant-Judge said it was very creditable to all
the parties, particularly the ,parish authorities, for taking
the matter up.
The matter then ended, and the prisoner was taken to
the cells below, looking very much astonished at the result
of the case.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

ROW•STREET.
PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE RAKERA ACT.

Mr. Mewl, baker, of 25, St. Andrew's-street, Seven
Dials, appeared to a summons, charging bum, under the
act Gth and 7th William I V., c. sec. 14, known as the
" Bakers Act," with delivering baking' after half-past one
o'clock on Sunday, March 10th inst.
Mr. Abrams appeared for the prosecution on behalf of
the Arnalgamtited Journeymen 'bikers, and stated that the
defendant had been in the habit for some time past of
sending out bakings considerably after the legal hour much
to the injury of other bakers in the neighbourhood, win.,
by complying with the law lost the custom of thoee
who preferred getting their dinners at a later hour. Mr.
Abrams pointed out that the magistrate had power to in-
flict a penalty of 10s. for the first offence, 20.. for the
second, and 40a. for the third, to be enforced by distress,
or, if there were not sufficient goods to distrain on, by
imprisonment.
Two journeymen bakers, named Timbler and Diamond,
proved that on the 10th inst. they watched the defendant's
shop, and saw more than a dozen bakings serval out. To
make sure they asked leave of several of the customers to
raise the corners in order to see what they had there. In
one case it was a leg of pork, and in another a loin of
pork.
The defendant pleaded guilty, and Mr. Vaughan fined
him 10s., this being the first offence, observing that if it
were repeated be would impose the increased penalty.
The fine was paid.

WANDSWORTH.
POLICE VISITS AT BEERMHOPR.

Mr. Thomas Magg, a beershop keeper in Spring-place,
South Lambeth, was summoned for refusing to admit In-
r Abrook, of the W division, into his house, on Sun-
;line 7e7einnsllll:eariTdtheinimtde it a practice never to open
his house on a Sunday morning to any person.
The inspector stated that he first oommenced knocking
at the door at a quarter to 12 o'clock on the morning in
question. He went to visit the house as he was informed
that business was carried on at the back, and that persons
were allowed to pass through adjoining shops to be served.
He continued knocking at intervals until 2.5 minutes to 1
o'clock. During that tune a Liowd of 100 persons hat
collected outside the hot"... 'Witness heard some person
come to the door, but it was not opened. He also heard
some person cleaning the bar while he was knocking at the
door.
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In reply to the magistrate the witness maid he called
" Police," and other persons called " police." He a/ so said
that there was a great noise outside the house. He was
in uniform, and also a sergeant who was with him.

The defendant, in answer to the complaint, said he
heard persons knocking at the door, but he did not open
it, as he had determined not to do any business at all on a
Sunday morning.
The inspector begged to say that his men had visited the
bonne on former occasions, and had been admitted.

come up to the door. Ile told him that he would not ob.
tain auy admission as the defendant never opened his
door to any person.
Mr. Ingham raid the defendant was bound at all reason-
able times to admit the pollee, but he would be quite jus-
tified in refusing any
.person who was in plain clothes.
Thu act was passed to gave the police facilities to visit such
houses ; otherwise a huge trade might be carried on. lie
then tool the defendant N. tid. and N. costs.
The defendant said he never knew before that he was
bound to admit the polite. He thought it was very hard
that ho should be fined when ho haul never drawn a glass
of ale for any person.

The defendant called Mr. Hedger, who keeps s shop
near to his own, and he stated that he saw the inspector

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 19, 1867.

THE GOVERNMENT REFORM BILL.

The second reading of the government Reform
Bill is fixed for Monday next.
Notices of amendments have already been placed on the
order book. Mr. Buxton leads off with an amendment.
that "in any redistribution of seats the second seat should
be taken from all boroughs with two members the
pepul►tion of which, by the census of 1431, was
below 10,000; and that the seats thus taken, together
with those obtained by the disfranchisement of any exist•
ing boroughs, should, after providing one seat apiece for
the proposed thirteen new constituencies, be allotted as
third seats to the largest boroughs and counties now having
two members ; and that in these, and also in the eight
constituencies now represented by three members, every
elector should be at liberty to distribute or accumulate his
votes, at his own discretion."

Mr. Pease will move, " That the municipal borough of
Hartlepool, the township of Hart, the township of Throe-
ton, and the parish of Stranton shall constitute the
borough of the Hartlepools. That one member be given to
the borough of Stockton, and that the said parliamentary
borough do consist of the municipal borough of Stockton-
upon-Tees, the parish of Norton, and the parish of
Tharaaby."

MAURITIUS LAND CREDIT AND AGENCY
COMPANY (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.)

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An extraordinary general meeting of the pro-
prietors was held at noon, at the company's offices, 2a,
Fenchurch-street, General BURN in the chair, for the
declaration of an interim dividend.
The statement of accounts, which had been previously
published, hav;ng been taken as read,
The ettmaifax observed that it showed a sound and
healthy state of affairs. The company passed through the
last half-year without a single loss, and the board were
now enabled to recommend a dividend of 10 per cent. per
annum. The available balance would admit of a dividend
of 15 per cent., but there was still a large debt to be paid
off before more than 10 per cent. could be divided.
On the motion of the Citarair.tx, seoonded by Mr.
Lrefr, a dividend at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum
March inst declared,
ant. payable, free of income tax, on the 25th
of

The proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to the
chairman and his colleagues.

MERCHANT BANKING COMPANY OF LONDON
(LIMITED).—( THIS DAY.)
The fourth ordinary general meeting of the
shareholders was held at 1 o'clock at the London Tavern,
Mr. I{naxtsov WArsos in the chair.

The report, after expressing the regret of the directors
at some losses, said the gross profits amounted to 69,709/.
lie. 7d., and the net balance to 57,465/. Ise. 10d., which
the directors recommended to be appropriated as follows:
—Preliminary expenses—in extinction of that account,
1,000/. ; reserved as provision for bad and doubtful debta,
35,000/. ; interim dividend to June 30, 7,500/4 dividend
now recommended, 7,7661. Is. Cal., being at the rate of 5
per cent, per annum, together 15,280/. la. lid. ; reserve
fund—increasing that account to 20,0004, 2,0001. ; balance
carried forward, 4,139/. 17s. 4d. ; total, 57,405 r. Isa. 10d.
The directors regretted that in the absence of any legisla-
tion and having due regard to the interest. of the bank,
they found it impossible for the present to reduce the
liability on the shares. It may be added that a dividend
of 12s. Gal. per share on the first issue and Is. 21. on the
second issue would be payable on the 23rd instant.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
congratulated the meeting on the position of the bank.
The general business of the company continued to increase,
the credit of the company was unimpaired, and the
loves were amply provided for out of the year's
earnings, without in any way interfering wish the reserve
fund. The amount of profits had progressed steadily,
being at the rate of 8 per cent. from the commencement,
and they were 4ustified in looking forward to a prosperous
future. The directors were enabled to postpone the pay-
ment of the call of 5/. per share till the Ist of July next.
The report was adopted, and a dividend in accordance
with it was declared.

On reading the order of the day for going into
committee on the Teats Abolition (Oxford) Bill, Mr. Faw-
cett will move, " That it be an instruction to the commit-
tee that they have power to extend the provisions of the
bill to the University of Cambridge."
Mr. Dfonsell proposes to move on the let of
April a bill to amend the law which regulates the burials
of persons in Ireland not belonging to the established
church.

On Friday Sir Morton Peto will move " that a
select committee be appointed to inquire into the means
adopted by the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company for raising the share capita and exercising their
borrowing powers under the various acts of parliament
authorising the construction of the main line and its
extensions and branches."

The Emperor and Empress of the French on
Saturday afternoon visited the Trocadero, where a number
of mines were to be blasted to remove various large
masses of rock and esr..h. The workmen had erected a
triumphal arch, and the whole of the ground was
ornamented with flags. Baron Hausmann, Prefect
of the Seine, and several members of the muni-
cipal council, received their Majesties at the en-
trance of a tent erected for the occasion. The workmen
then filed off before the entrance. Afterwards took place
the firing of not less than 1,800 mines, all of which went
off without accident. On leav,ug, the Emperor left
2,000 fr for the workmen. Their Majesties in the evening
went to the Gyinna-e Theatre to 'Siting"' the first repre-
sentation of Les !dies tie Madame Astray, by M. Alex-
andre Dumas, jun.

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DEATH OF Ma. E. T. WAY. —We regret to hoar of
the death of this gentleman, the well-known station-
master on the South Eastern Railway, at Dover. Mr.
Way, who had been suffering for some time, was in his
nOth year. His great attention to the duties of his poet,
and his unvarying courtesy, had made him a favourite
with the groups of distinguished personages who
are successively passing to and from the continent,
and their appreciation of his qualities was recognised on
several occasions by valuable souvenirs. By the nu-
merous employes of the line, and all, in fact, with whom
his duties brought him into contact, Mr. Way was equally
popular, and his death is deeply lamented at Dover, where
he was so well known.

DEATH OE MR. W. J. FFENNELL.— This gentle-
man, one of the salmon fishery inspectors, and long and
favourably known in all the three kingdoms in connexion
with fishery questions, died in London last week after •
short illness. He wu a man of great natural powers,
quick, sagacious, and abounding in humour of the Irish
typs. Mr. Ffennell, besides being an Irishman, was
originally a member of the Society of Friends, and the
mixture of his national and his ecclesiastical characteristics
was sometimes rather striking. Few men knew more or
did more regarding salmon natural history and legislation
than Mr. Ffennell ; and all that ever co-operated with him
have to mourn a skilful and energetic fellow-labourer,
pleasant companion, and a warm-hearted friend.—
Sortsinea.

ORDINATION IN CHESTER CATHEDRAL, SUNDAY,
MARCH 17.—Deaoons—Edward Alfred Brown, M.A.,
Caine College, Cambridge, licensed to Bebington ; Charles
lCarey de Jamey, Queens College, Birmingham, licensed
to Trinity Church, Southport ; John Denby Harrison,
Queen's College, Birmingham, licensed to St. John's, Tox-
' teth-park ; Edmund Vincent Pigott, 8.A., Corpus Christi
College, Cambridge. licensed to Malpas, Higher Mediety ;
Frederic William Willis,B.A., Corpus Christi College,
Oxford, licensed to Alderley ; Thomas Worthington, St.
Aidan's College, licensed to Newchurch. By Letter Di-
missory from the Bishop of Lichfield : Henry Collins, St.
Aidan's College; Arthur Henry Crwys, Lichfield Theo. Coll. ;
Charles Ganilen, 8.A., Wadhani College, Oxford ; Charles
Omborae Gordon, 8.A., Exeter College. Oxford, ; Joseph
Wm. Hodgson, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge ;
Arthur Warcup Malin, St. Aidan's College ; Arthur Rich-
ardson Mewrant, St. Aidan's College; Wm. Alexander
Osborne, Brasenose College, Oxford ; Thos. Pym William-
son, 8.A., Jesus College, Cambridge. By Letters Dimis-
sory from the Bishop of Sodor and Man : Alexander Mel-
bourne Donaldson, literate ; Albert Meeres, literate.
Priests—By Letters Dimissory from the Bishop of Lich-
field : Arthur Frederic Martindale, literate. By Letters
Dimissory from the Bishop of Sudo,. and Man : George
Paton, literate. In the morning service the Gospel was
read by the Rev. E. A. Brown, newly ordained deacon.
A man named Willis, who was in charge of a
cart in Levenshulme, was tabbed in the neck on Fridsy
night by an Irishman named Macarthy, who, it is alleged,
is a Fenian. Willis was taken to the 51 mchester Infir-
mary, and was visited by a magistrate on tiatunlay for the
purpose of taking his deposition, but he was too ill to be
disturbed, and he died on Sunday morning. Macarthy,
who is in custody, will be taken before the magistrates to-
day, on a charge of wilful murder.
SNOW STATIATIPL—A Detroit paper gives the
following statistics of a recent snow storm in t • United
States. The storm extended over a district 1,500 miles
long and 300 miles wide, and the average depth of the
snow was 1 foot. It estimates the weight at 5 tons to
the acre, or 3,200 to to the square mile, or a grand
total of 1,410,000,000 tons of snow which is 10 times the
weight of all the wheat grown in Hie United States since
the discovery of America, and this weight of snow, says
the paper, fell in one storm, one vast cloud, and within a
period of four days only.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Oitz o'Cwoi.

In the Stock Exchange to-day Consols are. tiered,
and have declined per cent., owing to the very
unsatisfactory nature of the ministerial proposals
for a settlement of the reform question, combined
with the unpropitious weather. The New Three
per Cents. and Three per Cents. Reduced, how-
ever, are maintained at the closing prices
of yesterday, these securities being rela-
tively cheaper than Consols, in addition
to which support is deived from the continued
purchases on account of tho sinking fund. The
amount taken by the government broker to-day is
34,0001. New Three per Cents., at 8911., ex div. The
railway market opened firmly, but has since re-
ceded upon a renewal of speculative sales. The
transactions in the other departments are unim-
portant, and prices exhibit no variation worthy of
notice.

The discount market is quiet today, with a good
supply of money and few bills offering. The general
rate is 21 to 21 per cent. Short loans on English
government securities are obtainable in the Stock
Exchange at 2 per cent.
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_ .
Consols are now quoted Ng to 91 for money,
and 91 to i for the 10th of April, and the Three
per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Celits.,
89i to i, ex div.

Foreign stocks are inactive, but there is a slight
demand for Turkish of 1865 and Greek, which have
risen / per cent. Spanish Passive, how-
ever, have declined 1. Turkish of 1865
are quoted 301, to ; Greek, 151 to 16 ; Spanish
Passive, 211 to 221 ; ditto Certificates, 141 to 4, ;
Italian of 1861, 534 to / ; Mexican, 171 to / ; Rus-
sian Scrip, 2/ to j prem.; Chilian Scrip, 2 to 1/
dis. ; and Danubian Scrip, 1/ to 1 dis.
American securities are steady. The 5-20 Bonds
are quoted 741 to 1 ; Erie Railway shares, 39
to 401 ; and Illinois Central, 78 to /.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares are called 1Z
to 16, and Atlantic Telegraph Eight per Cent.
Preference, 31 to 1, showing no change.
International Financial shares are quoted
21 to 1 dis. ; London Financial, 18/ to 171 dia. ;
General Credit, 3 to 2/ dis. ; Credit Foncier,
61 to 61 dis. ; National Discount, 71 to 81 prem. ;
and Hudson's Bay, 15. to 16.
The Committee of the Stock Exchange have
appointed Friday, the 22nd of March, a settling
day in the obligations of the Dutch Indian Rail-
way Comp-ny, which are to be marked in the

The mail from Guayaquil has brought a remit-
tance of 584/. 19e. on account of the dividends on
the debt of Ecuador.

The following relates to the Venezuelan Six per
Cent. Loan o: 1864 :
The General Credit and Discount Company(Limited)are
in receipt of advice from their agents, Messrs. IL L. Boulton
and Co., dated La Guaira, February 25, of duties collected
and remitted on account of the above loan, as follows:—Per
statement No 7, from Puerto Cabello, 5,701.03 dole.; ditto
No. t from Puerto Cabello, 6,959.06 dole.; ditto No. 10,
from La Guaira, 9,9234.24 dole.; ditto No. 11, from La
Guaira, 3,613.63 dole.; ditto No. 12, from La Guaira,
4,524.61 doles—total 30,722,59 dols.

There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday. The Douro, from the West Indies, has
brought 170,0001. in specie (104,0001. silver and
06,0001. gold), and the Mississippi, from New
York, 96,0001. _ _ _

Advice's from Leeds announce the failure of
Messrs. Wilkinson and Co., flax spinners, of
H.mslet, an old-established and respectable tinn.
The liabilities are not stated, but are understood
tube rather large, although they have diminished
during the last year or two. The liquidation, it is
thought, will result in the payment to the creditors
of about 15s. in the pound. The difficulties of
the house have chiefly arisen from their connexion
with the Leeds Banking Company, in which one of
the partners was a large shareholder.
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It appears that no applications were sent in for
tl-e 50,0001. of Durban Corporation (Natal) Eight
per Cent. Debentures, and that the question of re-
arranging the loan, and of advertising the
minimum, is now under the consideration of thu
board of the London and South African Bank.
The Board of Trade returns for the month of
January have been at last issued. The following
shows the declared value of the exports o: British
and Irish proddes and manufactures for the month
of January in the last three years :

January, 1865 210.489,339
„ 1866 14,354,748
1867 12,786,842
The returns of a single month do not afford much
material for trustworthy comparison. It will be
seen that the month's exports were less by
1,567,9064 than in January last year, but more by
2,297,503/. than in January, 1865. Similar varis -
tions extend through most of the principal articles
of export. Thus the figures as regards cotton
piece goods for the month are as under :

January, 1866 13,625,592
„ 1866 4,224:09
1067 3,996,191
And as regards woollen and worsted manufac-
tures :
January, yrol El 153 :113

„ • 1866 4015,450
„ 1887 1,686,511
Another large item is linens, the manufactures
of which were shipped as follows during the month
—viz. :

January, 1/46.5
1881;
1867 _ _ _

Er k 7,866
983,306
670,ZA12

The present series of tables are perhaps chiefly
interesting because they give the computed value
of the principal imports for the whole of the
past year. The subjoined large figures are pre-
, vented, viz. :
Whole year, 1804 £226,161,840
IS 1865
91, 1860
The enlarged scale of expenditure in foreign
commodities denoted by these figures, however,
applied chiefly to the first six months of the year,
in nearly every one of which the imports were
largely in excess of those for the corresponding
month of 1865. On the other hand, it is a remark-
able fact that in each of the last six months the
receipts of foreign produce represented a less value
than in the corresponding month of the previous
year, and in the month of December—the latest
date to which these returns of values extend—the
total was less by eleven and three-quarters millions
than in Dec., 1865. It is easy to perceiN e that the
economy which was forced upon us by the panic,
and its attendant prostration, contributed mate-
rially to the turn in the foreign exchanges, and to
the great accumulation of gold in this country,
which has been going on for some months past.
It transpired in connexion with the proceed-
ings of the committee of the Defence Association
in the matter of 0 verend , Gurney, and Co. (Limited),
that a bill in Chancery has been filetl against
Messrs. H. F. Barclay, S. G. Buxton, H. G. Gor-
don, and W. Rennie, as also against the executors
of the late Mr. T. A. Gibb, at the instance of the
committee, to establish the right of their consti-
tuents to recover the whole of the money which
they have already paid, or may ultimately lose,
through the misrepresentations to which the five
gentlemen in question are alleged to have been
parties. The active partners in the old firm of
Overend, Gurney, and Co. are also defenda:its.
The Londoi., Brighton, and South Coast Rail-
way traffic return shows this week a decrease of
4091. compared with the corresponding week of
last year ; and the South Eastern a decrease of
1701.
The annual meeting of shareholders in the
Oriental Bank Corporation is called for the 18th
of April.
The Master of the Rolls has appointed Mr. John
Walker Ford, accountant, of Walbrook, to be
official liquidator of the Stowe Iron Ore Company
(Limited). Creditors are required to send the twir-
-1 ticulars of their claims to the liquidator by the