The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-30 00:00:00

WILLS AND BEQUEST&

The will of Sir Anthony George Perrier, C. 8.,
late British Consul for Brest, in the Department of
Finisterre, Morbihan, and Cotes-du-Nord, was proved in
London by Follett Pennell, Esq., one of the execu-
tors, power being reserved to William Pennell,
Esq., the other executor. The personalty in Eng-
land was sworn under 3,0001. The will was executed at
Paris, May 5,1859, and he died at Brest, July 8, 1867, aged
74. The testator WA the nephew of Sir A. Perrier. formerly
mayor of Cork, and married in 1816 Louisa, daughter of
W. Pennell, Esq. He has bequeathed to his wife, Lady
Perrier, a life interest in all his property in Great Britain,
and on her decease he leaves the same to his
daughter Louisa, for her life ; but in the event
of her marrying, the property is to be equally
' divided amongst all his daughters, in certain specified pro-
portions, or at her death to the surviving daughters. The
testator states that he does not leave any part of his pro-
perty in England to his son John, of the Admiralty, in
London, nor to William, a lieutenant in the navy, both
being better off than his wife and daughters, he having pro-
vided for them by his French will out of his property in France.
The will °Morgan Treherne, Esq., M.P. for Coventry, of
Stratford-place, has been proved in London, by his son,
Morgan Dalrymple Treherne, Esq., the sole executor. The
personalty was sworn under :10,0001. The testator was de-
puty-lieutenant for Surrey, and died July 11,1867, at Long
Ditton, at the age of 64, having executed his will March 10,
1865. He bequeaths to him wife an immediate legacy of
1,0001., and his carriages and horses, and a life interest in
the remainder of hispersonal estate, including the leasehold
residence, with the furniture. He has bequeathed legacies
of various amounts to his sons and daughters, and appoints
his son, Morgan Dalrymple Treherne, residuary legatee.
The will of Mum Anna Maria Prinald, formerly of Eltham,
Kent, but late of Camberwell-grove, Su, was proved
in London, under 18,0001. personalty. Sheaves the fol-
lowing charitable bequests :—To the Royal Hospital
for Incurables, Putney, and the Asylum for Idiots,
*each 5001. ; to the Orphan Working School
(Haverstock-hill), the Law Association for Widows
and Families of Professional Men, Hospital for Con-
sumption anti Diseases of the Chest, Rooming. Poor
Committee Society (Old Broad-street), Convalescent
Home for Females (Bayswater), each 2001. ; to
the Church of England Scripture-readers' Association,
the Friendly Female Society (Camberwell), Infant
Orphan Asylum, Church Pastoral Aid Society,
British and Foreign Bible Society, Society for the Propa-
gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, London Hospital,
Colonial and Continental Church Society, Cancer Hos-
pital, Benevolent or Strangers' Friend Society, and the So-
ciety of Friends of Foreigners in Distress, each 100/. ; to
the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Old Kent-road, and the As-
sociation for the Welfare of the Blind, Euston-road,
each 50/. ; to the ragged schools in Southwark,
200/ ; to the Incumbent of Camden Church, Cam.
berwell, 1001. for charitable objects in connexion
with that church ; to the minister of Blackheath-park
Church, 1001., to be applied in like manner ; to William
Moon, of Brighton, inventor of a system of embossed read-
ing for the blind, or to the treasurer of the society
formed for embossing books on that system, 1001. She
bequeaths to the Vicar of Elthato 5001. stock, the divi-
dends to be applied in keeping the family tomb in repair,
and the surplus to be given to the deserving poor in that
parish.
The wills of the undermentioned were recently proved :
—The Right Hon. Caroline, Baroness Churston, under
2,0001. personalty ; the Baroness Georgians Solardi, 4,0001.;
the Hon. John Yarde Buller, 9,000/. ; the Hon. Henrietta
Jones, 8,0001.; and the Hon. Henry Byerley Thomson, one
of the pui®a judges at Ceylon, 5,0001. personalty in this
country.—/I/ustroSed London New.

"Lettere from Rome," lays the Opinion
Rationale, " state that the will of the late Queen Dowager
of Naples has been opened. This deceased princess enjoins
her family to retire to Vienna if it desires to enjoy her
inheritance, and appoints the Archduke Albert to be her
testamentary executor."

The famous Spanish bull fighter, Lagartijo, has
fallen a victim to the dangers of his occupation. At ft
display recently held at Puente-Genii, he had skilfully
gone through the whole performance of goading the animal
to fury, and then finishing him, as Lagartijo thought, by
a fine thrust of the sword. The toreador turned to receive
the applause of the spectators, when the bull, by a final
effort, suddenly rose and drove his horn into the man's
shoulder, killing him on the spot.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
arrived at Plymouth last evening in the Enchantress, from
Portlandi_on their annal official visit.
DR. HOOK ON RITVALISM.—The annual festival
of the Mold Church Union was held on Tuesday, when a
sermon was preached by the Very Rev. Dr. Hook, who
mid, when the adopted children of God, with filial love,
entered His house for the purpose of paying homage to
Him, it was essential that certain forms and ceremonies
be observed, but not the ritualistic folly in vogue just now ;
that is to say, not the ritualism that would cajole us to
foreign forms and ceremonies, which had been discarded
by the Reformation, which had changed the mass to a com-
munion. He guarded his hearers from falling into super-
stitious extremes in this matter. Psalms were composed
for the express purpose of being accompanied with music.
The reformers had determined the psalms might be sung
or said in the English church. In referring to the singing
of anthems, the Rev. Dr. Hook said the anthems were
worse than useless unless sung by educated choirs. In
cathedrals there were professionals . • the object of this
association was to educate parochial choirs, but it was not
expected they would attain to the perfection of cathedral
chain.

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CHARGE OP FORGERY AGAINST A CITY
MERCHANT.

George Joseph Gilbert Frase, a gentlemanly_
looking young man, who has for some years carried on
business eaten iron merchant in the City of London, was
this morning brought before Alderman Sir K. Carden for
further examination upon the charge of forging a bill of
exchange for 501., with intent to defraud Mewl. Glyn
and Co., the bankers.
Mr. Mullins, the solicitor to the Bankers' Association,
conducted the prosecution.
The prisoner, it will be recollected, procured the db.
count of the bill in question, which purported to be
accepted by a gentleman named Henley, a telegraphic
engineer, with whom the prisoner had been in the habit of
doing business. The signature was so well imitated that
the bankers paid the bill, and almost directly afterwards
the prisoner went to the Bank and endeavoured to obtain
possession of the forged instrument. By this time, how.
ever, the fact of the forgery had been discovered. The
homier* of course refused to give up the instrument, sal
the prisoner was apprehended on a warrant at the
Charing-cross Railway-station, whence be was about to
take his departure for Paris.
Mr. Jones, an optician in the Colman-unmet-road, who
had discounted the bill in question, was now called upon
to produce any other bills that were in his possession, and
which he had discounted for the prisoner, and be banded
a number of bills to Mr. Mullins, the solicitor for the
prosecution.
The prisoner was committed to Newgate for trial upon
this charge.
Further inquiries are being made, and it is pry
sumed that other cases of forgery will be brought against
him.

Aletter waa put in that was written by the prisoner to
Mr. Henley, in which he in.plored his forgiveness, sad
stated th►t pecuniary pressure had driven him to commit
the offence.

LONDON, BRIORTON, AND SOUTH COAST
RAILWAY.-(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was
held at the International Hotel this afternoon ; Mr. Lam,
M.P., in the chair. The attendance waa not very nameless.
In moving the adoption of the report, which was Salmi
as read, and of which the substance has already been pab.
fish. .

The CRADDIAN laid it would not be necessary to trouble
the meeting at any great length, the report itself entering
into very fall details. It seemed to him far better us such
• critical occasion to place the state of the company before
the proprietors in a printed form rather than to
indulge in any mere oral exposition. The broad fasts
came to this. About 12 years ago the company had ex-
pended 8,000,0001., and was earning a legitimate dividend
of sor 6 per sent. Since then • second 8,000,0001. had
been spent, and the additional revenue earned thereby
had been swallowed utiteareased expenditure. That was
a state of things so d ble that it was not wonderful
that both directors and shareholders should have shut
their eyes to it, and should have gone on paying divklesets
by means of charging things to capital which ought to
have gone against revenue. He thought a great debt of
gratitude wee due to Lord Westbury and the cone.
mitten of inquiry, which had exposed the real state
of the company just in time to prevent its total ruin.
When he (Mr. Laingi took office, things were in what might
be called a state of " touch and go ;" and it was doubtful
from day to day whether they would not find them.
selves in the Court of Chancery. Their sole hope
lay in the possibility of issuing new stock, and
be must say that considering the state of the money mar-
ket be felt very thankful that that operation had been
so successfully performed. The allotment had been made
on the principle of issuing the stock to the shareholder,
pro rata. In that way about two-thirds was taken
up, and the remaining third was offered to the
shareholders who were willing to take it in excess of their
shares, in the order of their application. The result wee that
every penny of the allotment had gone to the share-
holders, and it had gone at • small premium, so that the
former shareholders by selling it had received something
in lieu of a dividend. He was glad to be able now to say
that whatever else there might be in store for the con-
pany there could no longer be any question of its solvency.
(Cheers.) They could, in fact, pay all their liabilities,
complete their works in progress, and retain a balance in
hand of sonic 300,0001. The hon. gentleman having gone
briefly through the leading heads of the report, said the
most important question they had now to consider was
how they were to deal with the preference stocks. There
could be no doubt that there would be a con-
siderable surplus on the working of the whole
year, available, so far as it went, for the pay-
ment of the dividends on these stocks; and in the
meantime it would be better to defer for the present all
the intricate and difficult questions that might arise as to the
priority of the different classes of preference holders. Indeed
unless they took that course they would have no option
but to pay the small surplus they had now in hand into
chancery and leave the preference holders to settle their
respective rights as best they might. He must say be
felt great commiseration for the preference holders, and
be could not see why if the ordinary shareholders had
been overpaid during a series of years they should DM
make the preference shareholders suffer. At the same
time it appeared from the report of Messrs. Price that the
preference shareholders had themselves been overpaid last
year to the extent of 80,0001. For the future
he hoped there would never again arise any question as ts
the preference dividends. His own opinion was that after
the end of the present year they would be able to earn a net
revenue of 500,0001., which would more than satisfy the
claims on that account. This was on the basis of tie
present traffic, and he anticipated • considerable a-
cruse from the opening of the new line
which were corning into operation. He saw, therefore
prospectbyreducingexpenditure, of paying a small divilsl
even on ordinary stock. He attached great importance is
an arrangement with the South Eastern Company ; sail is
announced that • menta had been made to run a fee
Brighton trains into Cannon-street station—arrangernene
which be thought would prove a great convenience to the
public, and • gratifying augury of a future allow*
(Cheers.)
Sir C. JACKSON seconded the adoption of the report.
Mr. DAVID Monaix, barrister-at-law (a preference
shareholder), having obtained permission to address the
meeting, complained that the charges on account of the
working expenses, as given in the report, were too high,
and was left speaking.

GREAT WESTERN' RAILWAL-/THIS DAY.)

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This day the ordinary half-yearly meeting of
proprietors was held at the Bishorieeroad sutioa, Sir
GOOCH in the chair.
It appeared from the report that the gross revenuefor the
half year amounted to 1,921,601/., and the erpenditure to
944,0541. After providing for all fixed and
admit
charges, the balance would be sufficient to admit of the
payment of dividends on the ordinary stock at the rate of
11. se. per annum on the Great Western Consolidated Mode
is. on the West Midland (Oxford) stock, lea. 00 the
West Midland (Newport) stock, 3/. fie. on the Feud
Wales Consolidated stock, and IL on the Yale
of Neath Consolidated stock, leaving to be me
ried forward 20,43 W. Instead of a dividend •
cash, however, the unavoidable appropriation
revenue in discharge of temporary Mine obliel
the directors to recommend an allotment d
the company's stock to an el iiivalcnt mast
They propose to issue a six per
instead of shares. The temporary leans, alai a
the 31st of July, 1866, amounted- to 1,300.000 f. and rat ths
31st of Januery, 1867, to 858,3Z1/., were'reduced
close of the last half-yearly account to v•virl. 'rhea-
penditure on capital account during the half-year
vre
154,9031., of which 90,542/. was for additional rollaf
stock.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adeptly' et de
report, said that in common wilt inners they ha
the depression in trade dttrin,; the pc ,t P°r
which led to a diminution in the no:4d,, of 1,,.932t.1"d,
against that there was a awing in expendithre of
There was a decrease on the debenture 'left of it4tiv •
The revenue earned would have enthled d;reeters •
give a dividend of 3/. 17s. 2d. on the whole capital of it
company, and the traffic, he was happy to :ay, wesiectrie
ing. The number of directors had been ream, muff-eve/
with the recommendation of the committee of oh fe,
holders. He then proceeded to explain varier,. items is •0
accounts, and said that he would reserve 3:1 trumrk
the policy of the company till a later st,6, of the tirosell
[The meeting had not concluded when we went torts]

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY•)

FRIDAY. ARMY 50. 5 5.35

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Aberdeen 29.8. 61, LW. I 1 1 W.N W.
LdW sles 01. N.R. 1 4 3.0'.
Ardroman 29 es 60 R. I 1 4 I uw. e
OreeneaaUe 2966 t 8 Z. ; 9 4 r 0
Yalentia 21.81 b.&W. .6 3 S.W. sr 0".
Rocho**Point N. 94 69 &W. 6 6 W. °36
30.02 61 8. i e 1 w. •
11774:::el VIM a) 6. 6 3
Peurance 30.11 la S.W. c"
Brest 30.16 61 N.N.R.3 5 s
Lurient 3009 69 N.B. 2' 2
Rochefort.— 36.14 111 N.R. 2 4 N. W. 1.
Plymouth 30.13 64 LW. 3 4 W.
Weymouth 80.1463 S.W. 3 3 W
Partainouth 30.14 64 B.W. 4 4 S t:.
London 30.14 62 B.W. '3 3 • w on: 00:
Yarmouth 90.11 62 W.s. W. 2 2 W. r.,'—
Scarborough 110.06 60 B.W. 1 1 S.W.
Shields 36.0061 B.W. i 2 2 1, W. c
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