The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-25 00:00:00

!FINDING UP 07 JOINT-STOCK COMPANIIIB.

LONDON AND EASTERN BANKING CORPORA-
TioN.—Yesterelay the drat meeting in the matter of the
winding up of the strain of this beak, which it will be re-
membered recently failed, with liabilitiee amounting to some
head/ed. of thousends, owing to the delinquencies of Colonel
Wangle, Mr. Stephens, and other directors, was held at the
elimathers of Vice-Chancellor Wood. Messrs. Burchell ap-
peared as solicitors for Messrs. Stuart and Ball, the official
a ; and Messrs. Linklater, Shuttleworth, Gra y end
Woodcock, k, and Vont, and others, for various shareholder,.
The total number of shareholders is 207, consisting priori-
pally of retired East Indian officers and commercial men of
wealth. The total number of slimes transfrrred by holders
at the date of the winding-up order was 6,000,
and the number transferred previously 4,013, the shares
being of 1001., with 604. paid. The list was gone
through alphabetically, and all those shareholders who did
not appear to show cause to the contrary, either in person or
by their solicitors, were placed on the list as liable to con-
tribute to the liabilities of the bank. Messrs. Linklater
objected to their clients being saddled with liability on the
ground of " fraud" on the part of the directors of the cow-
pony r practised on the too credulous thareholden in the form
hdepe balance-sheets of July, 1856, and the objection was
adjowssd for evidence and consideration. In reply to que.-

Linos, the offlrial manager stated that he wee not it preseatt in
a position to state what amount of call would be required
from the shareholders to defray the debts until he had ascer-
tained, and this would be in a few weeks, the exact gap that
misted between the liabilities and meets of the bank, and to
whit*, in order to enable him to fix the amount,
he was now directing kis attention. Complaints
IMO Nude to the effect that Mr. Stephens, the secretary, bad
induced shareholders, by fake and fraudulent represeeta-
licea take Mans, when, as in the case of the British
Bank fraud; the Gomm was known to the directors to be
hopelessly insolvent.
ROYAL BRITISH BANK..—Yesterday, the official manager,
Mr. Hassling, attended at Vice-Chancellor Kinderaley's
chambers, to receive further proof of debts wider this estate,
and several were proved in respect of goods delivered at the
Welsh works. A further dividend of half-a-crowa in the
pound will be paid to creditors on the 29th and following
days of the month, at the Rotunda. in the Bank of Eng-
land ; and at the same time there will be a dividend declared
of 2e. under the Ininkrap , making a total dividend of
Ma. del. in the pound decl under the estate.

COMMI7TAL OF A RELIEVING OFFICER FOR
Hammett° MTlll.—On Saturda afternoon last, an adjourned
n:aswas held at the Blue Great Barr, on the
e! Pigf
Elisabeth Perry. The deosased was the daughter
of a labourer, and was two years of age. On the ard of
Febraary the deceased was burnt by her clothes taking firs ;
some oils were applied te the burns, and on the following
Thursday the hither went to the Rev. H. Bagnall, the in-
cumbent of the pariah, and the latter wrote to Mr. T. B.
Pare', the relieving officer at Walsall, sating that the de-
ceased was badly burnt, and that Perry could not afford to
pay a surgeon. Perry took this note to the relieving (Haw
at Withall, to obtain an order for the parish surgeon to at-
tend the demised. The relieving officer inquired what had
been dons to the barns, and the father replied that some
ell" had been applied, when Mr. Purnell said, You take
year reedy money to the chemist, end two or three days
afterwards you come to the with," and be refused to give
any note to the parish surgeon, but said if the child should be
likely to die he would give him a note. The father then left,
and Mr. Purnell, the relieving officer, never went cuttlebones,
and no surgeon saw the deceased. who died on the Bth tusk
The father was only earning 13s. per week, and had • wife
and four children. Mr. Fletcher, surgeon, ofdalsall made
a post martens examination of the body, d the
appearance it presented, and stated that death had arisen
from the burning, and gave it as his opinion that if medical
assistance bad been obtained when applied for, the deceased
would in all probability have recovered. Mr. T. B. Purnell
was present, and having been cautioned, stated that he re-
ceived the note from Mr. Bagnall, and that the father told
him (Mr. Purnell) the child was not badly burnt, and that it
was going on nicely, and that upon being asked why he came
for a note, replied he did not know, but Mr. Bagnall east for
him. Mr. Purnell said he replied that it did not seem to him
from the father's own statement that he wanted a surgeon,
end that he told the father if the child did not ge on well to
come or send to him, and he would direct the medical officer
to attend, and that the father replied " Very well," and went
away, and did not apply to him again. The deputy coroner
suarced up the evidence, calling attention to the principal
puts of it, and explaining the law of manslaughter. The
jury comidend for some time, and then returned a verdict of
•• Manslaughter" wield T. B. Parnell, who was committed
to take his trial.— Welyrhampton CArousisis.
REPRIZYL—It will be remembered that at the
late Hermetic melee a man natowl Gordon was ear
tensed to dm* far a burglary at Hagley, ander dr
cumetanme of groat atrocity, In white the ;Messer and
two acerwaylkes entered the bona, of an aged
named Osetwrlght, at night, robbed them of all
could lay their bowie on, end left the old man for dead. On
thettiel en approver named Pardo, swore that Gordis was
the sea who seMsbed old Cartwright with aWI beak, and
Geodes vas y mateaced to death withwat bop of
mom Wag held set the j• (Bases Hawes.) His
o*V:coaxes seatmesd to peed errwitwes. A
tion ire bum made se the jab" mid Mrl:B=4
the Hems thee the seen who mashed the di
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boa lashil hy a "NOM lie uneey, Itiewoq hes
somisted he et Genlei se ping sinheie he
VOL Es led taken leave of his vMs eidiria
vitas Sr seeders was recelved at Worcester..