The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1867.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

coI'IZT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
T. • iii Ni,i (.
• • ...obi liief Justice and .i Special
tor cI*LEN P. V t*././:1'.
- . W. 04 pl.l`oent for libel. fvfilt,V..d i!.to this
l't ttiorm i (rola the I nd It airy.
. .h•felolatit ple.ole.l not :m.l n just:fieation.
.• staiinoeis and Mr. Kidd were c,iitoiel for the
• •s I je:iiit and 'lr. Pi...Hoick
. ris defendant.
titor, Mr. ll.iy, is an :achite: i.uiveyor.
•e b )le.olow•rii.ol. in !lie New Kent.
ef., il. t.t i• as i.ttorriey of the lino Jur/.
The pro,ecutor's ca.,. Was
; he married Mare Hamilton.
1, r 11. Hamilton, ,iiaplain of the

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, Sin intivid. The lady had a contingent
at mOld. The prosecutor al!cgtl t hat the
• ,casioltal aramations of
.11.1 th a five d.,ys after th. It: iage
to NUM St • .14 of "Id between

• ly pressing on his daughter that she ought
• power nt drawin_: cheque, are her
. The proses-atm declined to give her that authority.
•1 ,; 1..1 ro •01111' bl.tWet-fi the hnsband
..• I a 11.... w,-r,• :111 the inter-
f. ••. . of the father. I lnr char,;,- made against the father
I t'a .1,1 that lie ',intod a certain medical
••. •.. att, 1,1 Id..;atighter, who should keep a book and
iii it eviiything that came under iris ohs,rv.ition
d.t in attt•ndance, and conlionnieate them to the father.
A. last things la.came milwarable, and for sea crap years all
reonrse between the prosemitor's wife am! her re!..tis es
.•...sni. .tttempts were ele by the fattier to get his
(11lightUr tohive her husband and live with him. andinake
the prosecutor inn:y for her support. There was All only
child, a boy, and the father wish...l her to bring him with
r. 1 lis the Ist June, Ise G, the piersecutur left his
r. -al. 0...• at P..ng.• to attend to his basin. ss.. 1.1 win n lie
I' • •I/ r,• .1 Earn,- 1,,- found Lis wife hail left, was then in.
;.•• red liy Inc son [lsar. on the Saturday lin.% ions. she had
a letter (tutu her father, which, after reading, she
1..: really mit into her pocki•t. The following day he tele-
ph. .1 ta ti,. chief roust:J.le of Essex, :Lad he found
f.. n.. In: that his wife was residing with her fath. rat
1.1 gaol, Una under Medical treatment. The
..• also alleged that his wife took with her
1._.ne.....i•th of jew..ll. y, table linen. plate, (cc. Reliance
on a letter received by the husband from his
s.de, the Nil of June, the day after she left her
hem.. a. follows, " Dearest love,— I aal come home for
1110 stay as long you eau. Y4llll. affectionate
, MMY ANN..- -as showing the affectionate feeling
ti n•sisr..l at that time between them in opposition to
t 1.•• Inar.• on the other able that lie hail continually
i!!•t! ....tent her. 'Die prosecutor mole sevei•al applications
t. ohmini his wife and to see her, but the father refused
• a•-i- 1., give her up or allow bins to see her. He then
am...it n 1 to a judge at chambers for a habeas corpus, but
.n. of the wife having made an affidavit, as it
, • ,•• .1,1 under the intim...., Nof I h.• father, in which
•Ia• stated she was with her fn.ther of her own
ft-, Nit) and that she wished to remain there.
Ye writ was refused ; the prosecutor then applied
to In -re his wife removed to an :eiylitui in cruet that he
unit,.' sec ha r and have her properly attended to—not
f..r ti.• lorpose of degrading her. lie failed in that, and
slam m,.1.-r the advice of counsel the husbaiol applied to a
~,strate at flow-street, fur gllttilltfilifi against the Rev.
I:. Mailiitolland others. That application was reported
the morning papers on the litliJniy, the names, however,
la iog unlit te.l. The case in question, which was published
in ft,- tvors,forvf rhroaic/... at the defendant's request,
depied the accuracy of the statements made to the magis-
trat.. et Bow-street, and was stated to contain many
aliti deliberate fals.•houils. The letter stated that
it W.lB not true that Mr. Hay bad fur several years lived
Whin Iris wife in uninterrupted happiness, but on the con.
tray Lis treatment of hit wife for the last live years was
must objectionable, and he Lail compelled her to
do the most menial labour, swearing at her,
...el that Iris conduct had been no dreadful to.
•..r.ls his wife that in a state bordering on distraction she
I.ft his home on the t-.t of June. The defendants toil
acted,. the Rev. G. 1). Haiuiltords legal advisers and they
alleged that St/ far front his being the person which the
prosecutor represented him, he was respected by every
magistrate ant clergyman in the county of Essex, every
nue of whom would speak of him in the highest terms.
Tire hushanil denied that he ever treated his wife unkindly
r.r d.•prived her of any comforts, but that ho had received
contimial indignities from his wife's friends ever since they
Lail been married.

The pro,TlltOr wa.4 called and corroborated the opening
at.itenknt of counsel.

lu cross-examination he said he had not kept a servant
for five yeas, but his wife was allowed a charwoman
whenever she wished. His wife sometimes had to light
the tires, make the beds, and empty the slops.
The Lord Chief Justice—Don't you call that menial
work

IVitnesses were called in support of the prosecutor's
cute, and to show that he And his wife appeared to live on
atfectionat•• tertrt.

,The env fur the proave-,•.t ion had not concluded when our
1, port left.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Sittings at Nisi Prius in Loudon.—(Before Lora Chief
Justice Bovill and a Special Jury.)
GEORGE r. FO(OCK AND OTHER. 4.
. . . .

The plaintiff in this C4l-I,` was a clerk and warehouseman
en.ployell in King-street, Cheapside ; and the defendants
it boot and shoe manufacturers. The action WWI to
lecover damages for injuries sustained by a fall consequent
upon stepping on a loose 84.: 'Kohl pole.
Mr. 1). Seymour, (,).C.. and Mr. A. L. Smith appeared
fur the pLintiff • and Mr. Huddleston, Q.C., and Mr. H.
for the defendant.

The plaintiff and his brother gave evidence as to the ac-
cident. They said that about half-past tior 7on the evening
of the 17th January, last year, they were walking home
along the Southwark•bridge-road. The defendant was
at that time building a large warehouse in that line of
th'roughfare, and had a hoarding erected on the footway
The pl.:italics brother passed safely round the hoarding,
but the plaintiff, who immediately followed, put his foot
upon a loose scaffold pole lying there and fell, and his
head tint, k the ground with great force. It was added
that the night was wet and dark, and the poles were not
fenced or lighted, but the witnesses also said that they
hail known of the poles being there for a week, and had
seen them night and morning for a week before. The
plaintiff's brother and another witness said that the pole
which caused the accident had shifted some foot and a half
from the position where it had been previously lying.
The Lord Chief Justice, upon this evidence, expressed
hi.= opinion that as the plaintiff well knew the poles were
there, it could not be said that there was no want of care
on his part in stepping over them ; and he thought that
be mast iionsuit the plaintiff and reserve to him leave to
move the full court.

Upon this intimation an interview took place between
bis lordship and the leading counsel in his lordship's pri-
vate room, And the result was that an arrangement was
come to.

CoMr. Huddleston,
his return into court, said that the
defendants. though most likely not legally liable, had
Loulsointly consented to give the plaintiff lOOf., upon the
terms that a juror should be withdrawn.
Mr. Seymour said that the conduct of the defendants
deserved the term which Mr. Iluddleston had bestowed
upon it ; it was handsome.
No evidence was given as to the plaintiff's injury, but
it wall said that his head was so seriously hurt that he had
1.011 unable to attend to his business as he had done
ber"re.
juror was then withdrawn.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Itcfore Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE MATTHEW SHIELD.
The bankrupt, a railway contractor, of Victoria-street,
Westminster, recently applied for his order of discharge.
Thr liabilities' are upwards of 43.000 f. ; the assets and pro-
leery held as security are estimated at a large amount, but,
consisting to a great extent of debentures and unfulfilled
nntnicts, are of a doubtful character. At the last sitting
t'.e bankrupt was directed to make some amendments
his statements of the amount due to him, and addi-
tinc..l ..ecounts have since been filed.
Mr. kedge, for the assignee (Sir Charles Fox), offered
To opposition. and said that no benefit would result to the
estate from further adjournment.
Mr. I:. Griffiths opposed for the directors of the Bem-
rid,p• Railway and I'ier esny, who were returned as
,:ehturs to the bankrupt of 2.21)01., but who denied that
:hoy ~wed him a farthing. They asked that the bank-
upt should be ordered to amend his balance-sheet in that
I..•rtieular.

Mr. donna, on behalf of the assignees of F. F. Druce,
thcitor. :ilso a bankrupt, objected to the sufficiency of
z • i,inal accounts rendered. The bankrupt had re-
, ..rne.: LH debts as good at upwards of 8,00 W., but all the
•s had received, though the vase had been twelve
.`wails in court, was about 100/. The whole balance
• : a myth, and the alleged assets would never be

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Mr. .1:1ITIP9, for the bankrupt, contended that he had
:he information in his power.
d ll.ii.our directed that a memorandum should be
• ! I the accounts stating that the six gentlemen
' •I in thy bill of the Redford and Leamington Railway
"-d'-~•.ywere to be the first directors of the company,
:I the bankrupt did not know whether they were
.•;• . • .mt. As to the objection of Mr. Griffiths, if the
• m.t chose to put down in his balance-sheet OS
• persons who were nut debtors. he might be made
• for it in another way, :AA if he bail
sworn what was false he must take the come.

M... :ikons then submitted, in opposition to the order of
• :Li., that the bankrupt had contracted debts without
..!.• weans of payment. He had been twice bankrupt
' iu lelO and 1860--ad now came to the court
' to unsecured creditor: upwards of 10,0110/., with
• • ..f only 100/., fur the alleged debts of SAO/. were
likely to be recovered.
did not think he should be justified in

the or.let of :• ireOit pm,
Veenigii aware that he had been twice naiikrupt before,
chi., to bins credit, notwithstanding hi. antecedent,,
it did not be in their mouthi to raise that objection. The
eider would therefore be grant,l.
,itated that the li,likrartcy el liwd) hail been
mini:lied, and it Wos the intentitc of the ininkruid to
annul the tne,elit one.
(Before Mr. Commissioner e.rn.)
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I \ II I IM .--.UT ;Ml'.

The bankrupt, .1 farmer, of t:raystock, Hants, recently
applied for his discharge from debt. of 2.31.01 d, The c.re
was a remarkahle one. The bankrupt had been thim, n
into difficulties through the misconduct of his wife, who
had forged her mother's signature to a legal document,
.0..1 was now undergoing a sentence of imprisonment.
Honour said that his first impression was that the
bankrupt was answerable for the art of his wife but ..s
the jot). on the trial of the wife had cmirely acquitted the
bankropt of any participation in the fraud, the covet
would grant the order.

IN RV Itt:G.oll

......
h.utkl tipt, ag u le,ther seller, was a re-
tir,l j Dig of the Siiihiar l'ourt of Bombay. The t,he use hag
Levu Irc.intlitly before the court. He now obtained ilia
order of digLitarge on a eeiiig to ,et aride 21,0 i. a year out
of his pension.
(Velure Mr. Conunissioner Wh.slow.)
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IN RE N. .\ RI4—ININtIsoN4ENT UNI,ER 11IE NEW COUNTY

QUItT .11

The Istulaujit was a tailor, of Lvver-street. St. Luke's,
[outlet ly of Ringwood, This was an applica.
tine fur release, under jwciiliar eiren,istances. The
bankrupt hail been committed under an older of
the county court judge at Fordiugbridge, }huts. under
the new equity jurisdiction of the county courts, for non-
payment of 11 1,40111 of lrinf. in his evacity of executor under
the will of William Ward dect,sed.

Hi, I lonour held that this was .lUiVU!knit to a bre.ah of
trust, awl declined to into:ere to order the bankrupt's
release.

DR. MARY WALKER

DISTUMIANCE AT NT. JAMES'A HALL-REPRI-
MAND DY THE MA(;ISTHATE.
k1:1.1)0R01:611-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Frederick Pearce, a medical student at Univer-
sity College, end residing at No. 15, Talbot.road, Camden-
town, was charged before Mr. d*Eyncourt with creating a
disturbance at St. James's-hall, stud also with assault-
ing 311.. Ambrose Austin, the manager of the hall.
Mr. Sayer, from the office of Mr. Edward Lewis, of
Crest Marlborough-street, appeared for the prosecution,
and in opening the case said that on the previous night
Dr. Mary Walker, a lady who was well known as having
adopted the medical profession. delivered a lecture at St.
James's-hall, when a large number of medical students
attended 3::(1 created a great disturbance, their object
being to stop the lecture. On a previous occa-
sion a large number of medical students had
towembled at St. James's-hall, and created a similar dis-
turbance, but there was not the sameescuse on the present
occasion for their disgraceful conduct, as the lecture being
delivered last night by Dr. Mary Walker was unconnected
with medical matters—it being a lecture descriptive of
that lady's captivity amongst the Confederates for four
months, and it being for the benefit of the poor schools of
Bermondsey, and a clergyman presiding on the occasion.
Mr. Ambrose Austin, manager of the St. James's-hall,
and sworn constable said :—Last night Di. Mary Walker
delivered a lecture at St. James's-hull, for the benefit of
the poor schools of Bermondsey. A great many young
men were assembled in the gallery and body of the hall,
and they created a great disturbance. The young men
appeared to he medical students.
Mr. D'Eyncoart—What sort of disturbance did the
young men make?

Mr. Austin—They yelled, and shouted, and sonic of
them had short sticks, which I believe were loaded, and
they hammered with them.

Mr. d'Eyncourt—How many young men do you think
were there ?

Mr. Austin—About 100—souse in one part, and some in
another. I went into the gallery and placed myself
amongst them, and turned the principals out of the halL
After the first part of the lecture there was a great noise,
and I went to the gallery again. The young men were
then walking in file, and tramping with their feet like
soldiers, and making a great noise, and some of them tried
to join their companions in another part of the hall. The
defendant said to me " Let me get you outside and I'll
break your head." I told him I was the constable, and
tried to get him out. The defendant then toek hold of my
collar and resisted my putting him out, and but for the
police I might have been knocked down.
Sergeant Wheatley, 291 A, and Police-constable Fraser,
322 A, gave similar evidence to Mr. Austin, both speaking
of the disturbance as being very great, the Latter officer
further stating that he heard one of the disturbers say,
" We'll club together and pay the fine."
The defendant denied assaulting anyone, and said that
he was coming from the top of the hall when the first wit-
ness caught holdof him and pushed him down half-a-dozen
stairs.

Mr. Austin—l merely pushed the defendant to prevent
his joining his friends in another part of the hall.
The defendant called Mr. Edwin Dement, Mr. Thomas
Jones, and Mr. Alfred John Pearce, all students at the
University College, and they stated that Mr. Austin very
roughly pushed them, and also the defendant, and never
told them that he was a constable.

Mr. d'Eyncourt said that the manager and constable (Mr.
Austin) was quite justified in what he did in trying to
stop the disturbance, and he did not think a parcel of
young men could complain if under the circumstances they
were a little roughly handled. The defendant bad not
been guilty of violence calling for a fine, although
it was proved that he had resisted the constable. He
should call on the defendant to find two sureties in 100/.
each to keep the peace for three months. To say that the
conduct of the medical students last night towards a lady
who bad joined the medical profession was ungentleman-
like was too mild an expression—it was unmanly.
The lady's coming forward as a member of the medical
profession appeared to have excited the jealousy of the
young men. Their conduct had been most unworthy of
them, and he felt surprised that • body of Englishmen
should have been guilty of that miserable wretched con-
duct towards a young lady.

EXTRAORDINARY PROPOSAL OF DOUBLE MUR-
DER AND SUICIDE AT CAMBERWELL.

Mr. W. Carter, the Surrey Coroner, held an
inquest last night, at the Duke of Wellington Tavern,
Wyndham-road, Camberwell, on view of the body of
Frederick Dunton, a man 30 years of age, who cut his
throat, after an ineffectual attempt to compel his wife to
poison herself and her child.
Elisabeth Dunton, the widow of the deceased, said that
he was a hairdresser, carrying on business at No. 18,
Wyndham-road. He had formerly been in very prosperous
circumstances. His business in the Wyndham-road was
complete failure, and ail months ago witness had to go out
to service at Dulwich. A fortnight ago she had to return
from service, because it was necessary that she should, out
of poverty, go into Lambeth workhouse to be confined.
This circumstance gave him great digress of mind, and he
became much excited. On WednesoLty weekhe proposed to
her that she should poison the little boy (the only child
living out of four), which was just aged three yearn. Hepro-
duceil a bottle of prussic acid, and asked her to administer
some to the child. He said dud when she had done so she
should take sonic herself, and that be would drink some also.
He urged her to destroy herself and the boy, saying, " We
are in such poverty we cannot live together, and therefore
the best thing we can do is to take prussic acid."
She replied, 'lf you choose to take it. I shall not
do so, neither shall the child." He became very
angry, and when he found that he could not argue her
into it he struck her. He also proposed to kill her father,
because he would not let them have money. She was in
great fear for her life ; she remembered that shortly
after her marriage he had made a proposal that they should
drink poison together, and she was afraid that finding her
stubborn be would kill her himself. He used to keep get-
ting in and out of bed and walking about in a state of great
nervous excitement. On Saturday last she became so
alarmed that she pretended 4. him that she was going that
day into the Lambeth workhouse, to be confined, and she
went next door to Mrs. Chapman, and slept there that
night and Sunday night.
The Coroner asked the witness whether she was not
aware of the fact that the proposal of her husband was one
to commit two murders as well as a suicide?

The witness, who was in tears, said that she knew the
real nature of his project, and that moreover she believed
he intended to murder her himself as she would not con-
sent-

The Coroner—Then why did you take no precautions to
save the life of your little son?
Witness—Because I thought that his object was
to destroy the lives of the whole of the family, and that
he was too fond of the child to kill him unless he could
also kill me ; and I never believed he would commit
suicide, unless we all died together. I thought he was
determined to destroy us if he could. He made the pro-
posal formerly in Holloway. lie was formerly given to
excessive smoking and drinking, and I believe that was
the first reason of his not being able to control his mind.
He was quite sober when he proposed the poison, how-
ever. On Monday ramming last I went into the house to
see if the child was alive, and I found him safe asleep on
the bed in a back room. But on the door of the shop my

husband lay in a pool of blood, quite dead. I was greatly
t, rrified. and I iun out for help.
Mr. John Chipman, a grocer, living at IN Wyndham.
road, said he gtve Mrs. Dunton a ,loinicilo bilause he had
once heard Mr. tiunton say to her " I will cut your throat,
and do for you." That was said, no doubt, when she
refused to poison the child and herself. The deceased's
business was a hairdresser, and did not succeed, and be
did not know what to do to make out the rent. He was
never seen to snide.

The jury rrturned a verdict " that decoased committed
suicide by cutting his throat while in a state of unsound
mind."

LO.V.OOtV AND NORTH WESTERN E.:ILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting .4 the prnprietor. was
held at n00n...t the Euston Station ; Mr. RICHARD Moos
in the chair.

The report. which had been previously issued and pub-
lished, having been taken as read,
The CII‘DIMAN moved the adoption of the report :mul
accounts. lie commenced by expres•ing the disappointment
and regret of the directors at the reduction of the
dividend. which was owing, he said. in a great
degree, to the collapse of trade last year. It was to be
hoped that a. trade revived there w 0,11.1 be an improve-
ment in the revenue. At the last meeting he was anxious
to retain a quarter per cent. of what was divided, in order
to equalise dividends ; hut many proprietors whom the
board consulted objected, and in consequence they gave
way. The expenditure had been watched very carefully,
and instead of reducing the number of trains they had
better wait for returning prosperity. They were now
paying dividends on nearly 2,(00.000/. of capital which
was unproductive. They had nearly reached the culmina-
ting pond of the exceptional expenditure. and a reduction
might, therefore, be looked forward to under that bead.
Thirty-seven miles of double line had been relaid in the
last half.year, .rtel forty miles were now laid with
steel. An regarded the coat of coals there was no
additional cost per train mile run. Wages, material:, and
almost everything else had been -.Mg against them
during the last balf-;-ear. They had been unfortunate
as regarded accidents. The total amount paid in the last
year for damages was 118,000/., 74,000/. of which was for
injury and flight. and the remainder for damage and
delay of goods. The arrears of law expenses were nearly
wiped off. The rates were augmenting throughout the
country, and they had had a considerable increase of as-
seseimenta in matters over which they had no control.
The advanced rate of interest for money was a serious
drawback. having involved an additional charge of
22,000/. in the last half year. The report of the
audit committee must have convinced the proprie-
tors that the accounts were perfectly honest. For
the audit they were greatly indebted to Mr. Crossfield,
who for the last seventeen years had devoted his time and
attention to the matter as if it were his own busi-
ness. (Hear, hear.) Nothing, he would remark,
was more important than a strict and efficient audit.
There were this year no less than 317 private bills
before parliament, against ti. 37 bills last year. All the
directors could do in that ova ect was to Watch. railway
legi,latiou so far as it affected the interests of the com-
pany. (Cheers.)
In reply to a Pitoritimit,
The Irainsiax said the board were prepared to join the
Liticashire and Yorkshire board in enlarging the neston
station, but there was a difficulty ill coming to an agree-
ment on the subject. Although that station was the most
inconvenient one on the whole line, there had been no
aecideut for the last 20 years.
Mr. Mtemeld. said be had come there in consequence of
having received a circular from a gentleman who exprearied
his extreme dissatisfaction with the directors. Ile had
wished to see " in the flesh " a gentleman who was
dissatisfied when the dividend was over ii per cent. and
the value of the stock more than 20 per cent. above par.
(Cheers.) He had himself been a railway agitator, but he
always said that he was to be bought over for a price, and
that price ems a dividend above 5 per cent. (Hear.) He
deprecated subscriptions or subsidies to other under-
takings—an instance of which he regretted to see indicated
in the report—astheyhad inflictedgreat lossonrailway com-
panies. He would suggest the great desirability of
'their converting the debenture bond debt into
debenture stock. On that subject he dirt not
coincide in what appeared to be the tendency of parlia-
rneut last night. The lion. member for Stockport (Mr.
Watkin) stated that 100,000,0001. off railway deben-
ture debts were well secured ; and of that amount
12,000,0001. was bola by this company. If the government
were to guarantee 3S per cent. the companies concerned
would be largely benefited and the public revenue obtain a
large profit. Irrespective of that however, he believed
the great hulk of the debenture holders would in ordinary
times be willing to exchange their bonds for four per cent.
debenture stock.
The CHAIRMAN, in reply, said that anything that had
been done for some years in the shape of extension was
not speculative, hut done solely to provide feeders, and
that policy would be strictly adhered to. As early as 1850
he strongly recommended the conversion advo-
cated by Mr. Michell. In that matter they
were strong enough to stand alone, the revenue
being almost enough to pay off the debentures as
they fell due. Whenever an opportunity for conversion
arrived it would not be neglected ; but it was not desirable
for them to associate themselves with companies which
were in a far inferior position. A large amount of debt
had already been converted at 31 and no less than
2,000,000/. at 4 per cent., and he tolieved they would
ultimately be enabled to convert the whole of the re-
mainder at the latter rate. (Cheers.)
A SHAREHOLDER expressed his disapproval of the ex-
tent of the staff of officers, observing that Queen Victoria
did not appear to be so well served. (" Hear, hear," and
laughter.) As regarded the audit, he regretted that it
not include the directors. _ _ _

Mr. SMITH (chairman of the audit committee) said
everything had been done by that committee that they
possibly could do to make the audit a thorough one, and
he believed the tendency of their report was to restore
public confidence in railway debentures. (Cheers.)
Mr. MILLs complained with regard to the revenue an-
nounced in the report, namely, 1,529,4491., that he had no
proof of its having been received. (Laughter.)
A SHAREHOLDER having made some remarks on the re-
lations of the company with the Midland Company,
The Cusiamas said the board was most anxious to work
amicably with that company, and they had done all in
their power. He hoped that some friendly agreement
would be effected between the two boards.

The report was then adopted.
The following resolution was then passed :—" That a
dividend of 31. 7s. lid. per 1001. stock, and so on in pro-
portion, on shares of a lower nominal amount, be now de.
clared out of the net profits of the company, up to Dee. 31
last, upon the ordinary stock and shares of the proprietors
entitled to the same, after waking or allowing the usual
deductions on the amounts not paid up, and deducting the
proportion of dividend payable in respect of any period for
which the proprietors of shares are not eutitled to a
dividend." _ _ .

The following resolution was also adopted :—" That the
proposal to execute the works stated in the report of the
directors be approved • and that this meeting sanction
the addition to the capital of the company of the sum of
227,3851. for such purposes ; and that the charge to it
account of 5,3451. 10s. 81, certified by the auditors to have
been expended in the half.year ending 31st December,
1866, in the improvement of the permanent way, be and is
hereby approved."
Mr. R. Benson, Mr. G. C. Glyn, DI.P., and Mr. S. It.
Graves, M.P., who retired from the direction by rotation,
were re-elected.

The meeting proceeding to fill up the two vacancies
in the direction when our report left, the first candidate
proposed being Mr. Bickersteth, of Liverpool.

It appears from a parliamentary return that on
the lst January there were in the brigade of guards 91
Roman cstliolics, viz. :-81 privates, 4 officers, 1 sergeant,
1 drummer, and 4 corporals.

The winter festivities at Paris, consisting of
balls, receptions, [Stem, and dinners, have now thoroughly
commenced. At the last ball at the Tuileries the coiffure
of her Majesty was particularly remarked as being a re.
miniscence of the famous regent period. The Empress
wore a number of rare black diamonds, which at the pre-
sent moment are highly esteemed and much sought after,
very ►:oge prices being paid for this rare gem.

The Liberte states that during the Universal
Exhibition a grand chess congress is to be held in Paris
order the auspices of Prince Murat, Prince de Villafranca,
Count de Casablanca, and M. Devinck. The principal
celebrities of the noble game are expected. America will
be represented by Morphy, Prussia by Andersen, Austria
by Steinitz. England by Roden, France by De Riviere, and
Hungary by Koliach.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN THE COLONIES.—
The Bishop of London still bankers after an established
church in the colonies, or after a church which is to be
voluntary and yet under the control of special laws, after
laws which are to be something less than laws, and a
supremacy which is, and is not, to be legal ; and tries hard
to fortify his mind against the conviction that the thing
he wants is anomalous and impossible. We are obliged to
him, however, for having been the occasion of eliciting
from Lord Carnarvon a very clear assertion of the true
view of the subject, an assertion which may be
fairly called courageous, coming from a minister of
the crown. He explains the circumstances under which
the crown was advised to leave the Canadian episcopate to
consecrate a bishop without the form of a mandate—a step
of great importance, because it destroys that which gave
colour to the notion of a supremacy over the Canadian
church ; he declares himself ready to pursue the same
course in other cases ; and he affirms plainly that in colo-
nies where the church is not established by law, the supre-
macy has no existence. Tee House of Lord., a cool audi-
ence but not insensiMe to the merits of a speaker who is
master of his subject, knows his own mind, and explains
himself with facility and clearness, gave him its sober ap-
plause, and he had the approval of Lord Taunton and the
just acknowledgments of the Bishop of Oxford.—G uardio it.

MONEY MARKET.-(THIS DAY.)

Oirs o'Orkoz.

The transactions in the .t.?...ck Exchange are still
upon a very limited scale, and the tone of the
various markets is dull, notwithstanding the favour-
able returns just issued by the Banks England
and France. The uncertainty prevai:ingwithrespect
to the reform question, the debate upon which will
commence in the Howe of Cominoils on Monday,
combined with the continued introduction of
fresh securities, tends to prevent at the
moment any buying of in:portantr on ac-
count of the public, aid the speculators
take advantage of the consequent weakness of the
market to press sales. Consols have declined a per
cent. Several of the British railway stocks are
to I lower, while South Eastern bas given way to
the extent of Foreign securities are quiet, but
Danubian scrip has fallen 1 per cent. Grand Trunk
of Canada Railway stuck is inquired for.

The demand for money is moderate. and the
supply large. The general rate for the beet paper
is 21 to 2{ per cent., but exceptional transac-
tions are reported at 20., .ueing 0 below
the minimum at the Bank. The inquiry
at that establishment is, therefore, very moderate.
The rate for short advances in the Stock Exchange
is lk to 2 per cent.
Console are now quoted 90! to 1 for money, and
90f to for the account (March 7).
In the foreign stock market the most note-
worthy change is a reduction of 1 per cent. in
Danubian scrip. Chilian scrip improved / per
cent. this morning, but has since experienced a
partial relapse. Greek Bonds are better. The
other speculative descriptions exhibit no variation.
Turkish Bonds of 1865 are quoted 30k to 3 ;
Greek, 15k to I ; Spanish Passive, 22k to I ;
ditto Certificates, 14k to / ; Italian of 1861, 53k
to / ; Mexican, 17„ to ; ; Russian Scrip, 24 to
prem. ; Chilian Scrip, 2; to 2 die ; and Danu-
bian Scrip, ft to g dis.
United States 5-20 Bonds are Eat, and have de-
clined 0 per cent., viz., to 7 is to 2, the telegrams
from New York reporting lower prices, as well as a
rise in the premium on gold. Erie and Illinois
Central railway shares have also receded 3 to .?•.
per cent., the Fresent quotations being 37 to k and
77 to k respectively.
Anglo-American Telegraph shares are steady, at
15/ to k ; and Atlantic Telegraph 8 per cent. Pre-
ference, at 2i to 1.
International Financial shares are quoted 20
to 2k dia. ; London Financial, 18 to 17 dis. ;
General Credit, 2k to 2/ dis. ; Credit Foncier,
5 7-16 to 5-16 die. ; National Discount, Bft to ;
prem., ex div.; and Hudson's Bay, 16/ to 0.
In the foreign stock market yesterday the prin-
cipal feature was an important fall in Chilian
scrip, upon the announcement made in the morn-
ing with regard to the anticipated issue of stock
in this market. The fall is said to have
been greatly promoted by speculative sales, but
the almost universal distrust which prevails in
the public mind is well illustrated in the sudden
collapse of the market for a doe: which has
hitherto maintained its position with great steadi-
ness. Though no one imputes any concealment to
the honourable firm by whom this loan was brought
out, it is yet evident that all the latest facts con-
nected with Chilian finance were not com-
prised in the loan prospectus, and, under
these circumstances,. it .is suggested that a

natural solution of the present difficulty
would be found could arrangements be made for
keeping altogether off the London market the
1,120,9201. of Seven per Cent. Bonds, lately con-
verted from Internal Eight per Cents. This solu-
tion of the affair seems the more reasonable, be-
cause, under existing circumstances, it is very
doubtful whether this internal converted debt of
Chili would be admitted to quotation in the Lon-
don Stock Exchange.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank
yesterday. The Chariot of Fame has arrived from
Melbourne with 42,0001., which will be sent to
Paris.

_
Amongst the first fruits of the appointment of
Mr. Laing to manage the finances of the Great
Eastern Railway Company is the announcement
of an issue of 652,300/. of 5 per cent. de-
benture stock, being the balance of the deben-
ture capital, which the company are authorised to
raise by their special acts. The debentures are in
sums of 1001. each or in larger amounts, and there
is an accumulative sinking fund, to be applied
half-yearly, by which the whole of the stock is to
be extinguished in 52i years. The sinking fund is
to be applied by purchase in the open market as
long as the price of the stuck does nut exceed 120
per 100 ; or if above that, by annual drawings,
paying off the drawn stock at 120 per 100. This
latter portion of the plan is stated to be specially
attributable to Mr. Laing. In addition, each de-
benture is to be convertible into ordinary stock of
the company, at par, at the option of the holder, at
any time during its currency, upon giving three
months' notice in writing. The price of issue is
par, or 1001. per cent., and the instalments are to
be paid up by the Ist of August. Including 5 per
cent. interest upon prepayment, the net price of
the 1001. debenture is 97/. 18s. 4cl. The list is to
be closed on the Ist March.
_

The Great Western Railway traffic return shows
this week an increase of 1,7321. over the corres-
ponding period of 1866 ; the Great Northern an
increase of 2,7421. ; the Great Eastern an increase
of 216/. ; the North Eastern an increase of 3,962/. ;
the Lancashire and Yorkshire an increase of 2,738/. ;
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire an
increase of 7641. ; the North British an increase of
9791. ; the London, Chatham, and Dover, including
the Metropolitan Extension and branches, an in-
crease of 6621. ; the Metropolitan Extension an
increase of 47/. ; and the Kent Coast an increase
of 301.

At the meeting yesterday of the Land Securities
Company the report, which announced that the
directors are not in a position to declare a divi •
dend, was adopted after some discussion. The
Chairman stated that the board hope at the next
meeting to be in a position to present a much snore
favourable balance-sheet, or it shall be left with
the shareholders to decide as to the propriety of
winding up the undertaking.
The annual meeting of shareholders of the Mer-
cantile and Exchange Bank (Limited) is called for
the 28th inst., at Liverpool.
The general meeting of the Rent Guarantee So-
ciety is called for the 28th inEt. ; and of the Lowe-
hold Investment Company fur the same day.
The subjoined notice of the silk sales is from
the circular of Messrs. Durant and Co., issued yes-
terday :
The periodical public sales ccmnienced yesterday and are
concluded. The quantity offered was about 1,000 bale.
Bengal silk, s,ooobales China, and 1 ,200 bales each Japan and
Canton silk—of these about 350 bales Bengal,and 800 bales
China were printed at "taxed " prices—generally lii. to
3s. under previous nominal market rates. Some few small
parcels also were printed to be sold without reserve. The
result is, that about 300 bales of Bengal silk and 700 bales
China have been sold on an average, perhaps, of about tid.
above the " taxed " prices ; almost all the other silk was
allowed to pass without any bidding!. The general market
quiet, but it is hoped and expected that these reduced
lutimt• will lead to business, all consumers being more or
lees out of stock.
The return of the Bank of England for the week
ending Wednesday, Feb. 20, ownpared with that for
the previous week, shows the following changes :
Circulation issue 1~13,251,075 Ira:ream ki2,995
Circulation active 22,Z es,:vo Decrease 3:t1,195
Public deposits 6,203,844 Decrease titiri,Sl2
Other deposits
Government securities in
banking department 13,111,068 No change.
Other securities in banking
department 15,291,350 Decrease 116,192
Coin and bullion in boils

departments
Seven tiny and other bills

19,::11,4;:1 Increase 13-1.031
449,001 Lecreeee 00,736