The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-25 00:00:00

lONI.LW DANE-(THIS DAY.)

Its half-yearly meeting of the shareholders wail
had at 1 o'clock at the Moos, 6, Wincherter-ereet ; Mr.
J.Noun° Wen, Q., in the chair.
Th. report, after congrandaldng the shareholders on
the continued prosperity of the bank, said that the trans-
swam of 1868 reeled in a tell average amount of real-
omi petit. No event had oecerred whisk sailed far vane
„tic. i The temsfer of the sovereignty had prodaed no
materal eNect an the relations of the bank with the in-
abinet/.
The balaneceeet was as follows balance to the
indigo( profit and loss en the IstJanuary,lB66,we4B,l63l.
usd.; the net profit for the year, after deducting charges
oad making provide% for load and doubtful debts, is
10,7961. 65.3 d. ; making together, 68,9631. Bs. Bd. ; lean
two dividends and bonuses paid in 1866, 17,738/. 10e. ;
caving a reeve on the Ist January, 1866, of 51,21 W. /84.8 d.
The OUTMAN, in moving the adoption of the report,
Asereed that the badness of the bank had been remark-
miy steady, and that the fluctuations which had agitated
Imo eountry had soaroely relied the surface of
Ash* in Greece. The rates of interest were even,
gee deposits steadily increased, and there were no panics
or rune like those which had just occurred here. The
japosit aoootints, which were 196,0001. this time last
Tear, new amounted to 211,0001. The gross profits lost
icor were 10,86 W. ; this year they were 12,4801. Pro-
vision bad been made for any unforeseen sontingency.
There was a rest of 61,0001. for a capital of 180,0001.
In reply to Mr. RODOCONACTIU,
The AIIiMAN said there was no intention at present of
making a call on the new shares ; but if the board saw
their way to employ additional capital so as to make a
profit of 10 per cent. by it, he presumed the holders of the
new shares would not object to a ell
After a short discussion' the report was adopted, and
the proceedings terminated.

MAIO= DEIVPOE ING.-TWO MEN
R COMMITTED
MJNALLAUGHTE.

An inquiry was held by Mr. Humphreys, Mid-
dlesex coroner, at the Windsor Castle Tavern, Victoria--
park, last evening relative to the death, by being run over,
of Joseph Friend, aged 6 years.
9iath Friend, a little girl, living at No. 39, Wilson-
street, Bow, said that last Monday evening she was with
her brother in the Grove-road, where there were stalls
and considerable crowds, in connexion with a fair,
which was being held in the neighbourhood. As witime
was crossing the roadway, deceased being close be-
hind her, two empty coal vans came racing furiously
down the street. The horses were gallopping. One
of the vans knocked the deceased down and he fell in front
of the other vehicle ; witness went to pull him out of the
way to save him, but some people laid hold of her and
dragged her back. The second van then ran over the de-
ceased. He was killed on the spot. The two vans took up
nearly the whole of the roadway, each trying to get before
the other.
Joseph Lane, Quartermaster-Sergeant of Bengal Light
Infantry, corroborated the last witness, and said that the
street was crowded with men, women, and children who
were about among the stalls, when the vans raced down
the road. The drivers did not call out, but were intent
upon racing. Witness stopped them and called the police.
Inspector Kerressey, K division, said that the two drivers
6f the vans, Henry Clarke and James Cobb, '
both in the
employ of Mr. Abbott, coal merchant, of Bow were 01,
rested by the police on the charge of killing the deceased.
They were both sober at the time. At present they were
is the House of Detention.
Dr. M. Davey said that the deceased had received
dreadful injuries, the skull being fractured, seven ribs
broken and the liver and stomach being ruptured. Death
must have been instantaneous.
The Coroner having summed up,
The jury returned a verdict of " Manslaughter against
Henry Clarke and James Cobb for killing and slaying
Joseph Friend."
The Coroner then issued his warrant for the detention
of the accused in Newgate until their trial at the next
sessions of the Central Criminal Court.