The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-28 00:00:00

litiE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 28, 1867.

Surrey. The offences axe thus classified :—Murder, 2 ;
feloniously wounding, 1 ; feloniously caning a ship away,
4 ; forgery, 8 ; larceny, 12; letter stealing, 2; burglary, 3 ;
assault with intent to commit a felony, 1 ; felonious
assaults upon women, 2 ; uttering counterfeit coin, 10 ;
embezzlement, 4 ; misdemeanour, 2; perjury, 1 ; rob-
bery, 9.
The Recorder, in his charge to the grand jury, ex-
pressed his regret that the calendar contained two charges
of wilful murder, both of the same description, namely,
against young women in domestic service, who were ac-
cused of the murder of their illegitimate children. The
circumstances of both these cases were extremely similar
in character ; in the one caw; the cause of death was de-
I scribed as arising from a stab in the neck by a pair of
scissors, which were found marked with recent spots of
blood ; and in the second case the death was occasioned by
a string or ligature tied tightly round the throat of
I the infant. It was right that he should mention that
in the latter case the female charged with the murder had
made some slight provision in the way of clothing for the
child. There were two charges of the illegal possession
of Russian notes, in which it would be well for the grand
jury to send them for full inquiry before the court and
a petty jury. The most lengthy and certainly the most
important case that would come before the grand jury
was a charge against four persons named Webb, Holds-
worth, Berwick, and Dean, for having made away on,
the high seas with a ship called the Severn, with a
view to defraud the underwriters and insurance offices,
with whom policies to a large amount had been effected.
on the ship and cargo. The prisoner Webb, who had been
the chief mate of the ship, was charged with the actual
destruction of the ship, which had been chartend to take
a cargo of coals from Newport, in Monmouthshire, to
Shanghae, in China, and the other three prisoners were
charged with conspiring together to destroy the ship by
placing the prisoner Webb on board the ship to effect that
object. The ship sailed from Newport on the 17th May
last, and on the 14th June following the ship sprang a
leak, and two holes were discovered in her stern, which it
was alleged had been made by Webb, who, with the cap-
tain, was the only person who had access to the after-
cabin, and thereby to get to the stern of the ship.
The ship began to founder, and the crew and
officers took to the boats, and after being four
days at sea they were picked up by two ships, and part
carried into Pernambuco and the remander into Rio de
Janeiro, and happily no lives were lost. The direct evi-
dence to support the charge was that of the captain of the
ship, whom he (the Recorder) could only introduce as
having been an accomplice. According to his testimony,
it would seem that the captain was well aware of the
purpose for which Webb had been placed oc board,
and that he had been told by Holdsworth and Berwick
that it was not intended that the ship should ever
reach China, and that if she did not it would put 700/.
in his (the captain's) pocket. The captain's state-
ment would be corroborated in some important
points, by the conversations and conduct of the other
three prisoners prior to the sailing of the ship. It
would also appear that the ship had been purchased by
Berwick and by Holdaworth, but their names did not
appear as owners, but that on the contrary, they bad pro-
cured a person named Ward to register himself as the
owner, on the payment to him of • commission of RI!.
The learned Recorder at some length narrated the secrecy
which had been observed by the three last-named pi i-
sonars in effecting the policies of insurance on the ship
and cargo, the amount being considerably above the
real value both of the cargo and the ship, and
told the grand jury that if a prim.l facie case was esta-
blished to their satisfaction they would return a true bill
against all the prisoners. The Recorder then remitted
the grand jury to their room to commence their labours.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

Boiv-sTEEET.
1101361.1 Y BY A FRUITZIII:I:'S CLERIC.

George Burgess, late clerk to Mr. Jacoby fruiterer, of
Covent-garden, was charged with stealing 146/., the pro-
perty of his master.
Mr. Jacobs stated that the prisoner bad been in his
service as clerk, at • salary of 33e. • week,
with other advantages. He was frequently en-
trusted with money to forward to correspondents
in the country and abroad in payment for goods,
supplied in the ordinary course of the business. On Tues-
day witness gave him 1461. to obtain • bank post bill to be
forwarded to a grower in payment, for fruit. The prisoner
did not return to business till Saturday afternoon,when he
entered the shop exactly.. if nothing had occurred, and
apparently expecting his salary to be paid to him as usual.
Mr. Jacobs asked him why he had not been to business,and
whether he had forwarded the 14411. bank post bill. He
muttered some not very intelligible reply about having
been led away by women. Dovrdell of the F division (in
plain clothes) was sent for and took the prisoner in charge.
He bad upon him a bank post bill for 1161. and • 10/. note.
He was remanded for further examination.
THAM/IS.
MENDICANTS AT A ROMAN CATHOLIC CHCECH.

Timothy Grady, Withaat Moore, ElLaktla Farrell, and
Ellen Milton, tour wretched looking creatures, old and
infirm, and dressed in artistic style in dirt i and
ti ragged
clothes, were brought before Mr. Paget, charged with
begging in front of the large Roman catholic c arch of
St. Mary and St. Michael in the Commercial-road.
James Bugby, police-constable, No HS K, stated that
all the prisoners were soliciting alms yesterday morning in
front of the Roman catholic church, and he saw money
given to them by poor members of the congregation. He
found Re. 2d. upon theni, all in halfpence, which they
collected in a short time.

The prisoners, who are all Irish, and kept up a groaning
noise, said, in a whining tone, they did not beg, and never
asked a blessed soul for a farthing.
Mr. Paget—Nonsense ; you stand there the picture of
misery and n retehedness, bent double, and put your hand
out, and that is begging. You extort money from per-
sons as badly off as yourselves.
Sullivan—Plage yer honnere riverence, I will never do
the likes agin.
Mr. Robert Roche, the gaoler of the court, said he went
to the Roman catholic church last May on his own re-
sponsibility and represented to the priests the wishes of
the magistrates of the court. The clergy bad done all in
their power to put an end to mendicancy near the church.
The prisoners did not beg at any other plat*. They ob-
tained money of the very poor. Respectable members of
the congregation did not encourage them.
Bugby said that Grady had been punished for mendi.
=ay some time ago.
Mr. l'aget said nothing could exceed the folly of people
giving money to beggars in the streets. It was not charity.
It was encouraging mendicancy, idleness, and pro-
fligacy. It was very much to be regretted that
persons would be guilty of the mischievous folly
of giving money to street beggars. In one short
hour or less the prisoners bad obtained as much
money as could be earned by four industrious persons
in one day. The prisoners had been locked up since yes-
terday at noon, and he would allow them to be discharged,
but if they were ever brought before him again fur a
similar offence he would punish them severely.
" God bless yer honour ! Heaven bless yer riverence !
More power to your elbow ! May ye sleep the sleep of the
saints !" exclaimed the mendicants as they left the dock.

EXTENSIVE FIRE AT Yocona_ma.—We have re-
ceived our despatches from China and Japan in anticipa.
thin of the Peninsular and Oriental mail expected to be
delivered on the firth. The following are the details of the
fire at Yokohama. which took place on the dith Novem-
ber :—" The die commenced in a cookahop, leading from
Bentchdori to Yoshiwara. The latter place is on the
peninsula, and contained • great number of bahitatious
of Japanese women. The fire spread rapidly, and there
being only one bridge leading to it, • great destruction
of life took place, as all but two isolated buildings were
destroyed. The Japanese report the finding of thirty-five
bodies, but a further examination of the burnt district
adds largely to the number. The greatest confusion pro-
veiled during the fire. Every effort was made to
arrest the progress of the Limes by the use
of water and the blowing-up of buildings, but in vain,
until nearly one-third of the stores and dwellings of the
business firms were destroyed. Early in the day large
detachments of sailors and marines were landed from the
British fleet lying in the harbour, who at first worked well
under the control of their officers, but afterwards getting
access to liquor they became unmanageable. From striving
to save property they turned their attention to plundering,
and robberies of the boldest nature were perpetrated while
owners of property were standing helpless to prevent them.
Among the losses by fire and destruction were the archives
of the United States Consulate. A large portion of the
archives of other consulates were alto destroyed. The
French consul lost his office and all his private property.
The English mould also suffered. The bonded ware-
house, filled with goods, under the superinten-
dence of Mr. Benjamin Seare, was destroyed—loss,
160,000 dole. The new house built for the Ameri-
can consulate was also consumed. The whole range
of old consulate buildings—French, American, Prus-
sian, and Euslish, the Poet-office, with nearly all the
private residences. were destroyed by the conflagration.Among the sufferers are Augustine Heard and Co., E.
M.
Van Reed, Jardine, Ilatheson and Co., Colonel Fisher,
Walsh. and Co., Schultze, Reis, and Co., Rosa, Barber and
Co., Macpherson and Marshall, and others. The fireproof
buildings of Textor and Co. and the French hospital are
among the buildings saved. The fire put an end to all
business for a time. Some articles had advanced in conse-
quence of the large quantities destroyed, such as shirting',
yarns, armlets, &c. The latter are held at 20 dole. to 21
dots, Of tea, about 2;200 piculs were burnt. The agents
of the fire insurance companies held a meeting, when it
was ascertained that the aggregate losses amounted to
2,150,000 dole. The Jonas Herald estimates the total
loss of natives and foreigners at between three and four
millions of dollars."—London and Chine Ttkyraph,

One Joseph Atwell, a negro, of Louisville, Ken-
tucky, has taken dleacon'e orders in the Episcopal Church.
GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL, CALRDONIAN-ROAD,
IIHINGTON.—Number of patients for the week ending
Jan. 26, 879, of which 242 were new cases.

150,000

10:070
10,0001
40,400'

iii",o, i ii.
60,000

SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

Om eOuxu.

The railway market is rather dull to-day, but
the reduction in prices is neither general nor im-
portant. Metropolitan and Great Northern A
stocks have declined per cent., Lancashire and
Yorkshire 1, and South Eastern 1, but the other
leading lines are steady.
Metropolitan stock is now quoted 131 to ;
Great Western, 541 to 55 ; London and North
Western, 123 to 124 • Midland, 1241 to 125 ; Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, 1301 to 131 ; Caledonian,
11% to 120.1 ; South Eastern, 734 to 74 ; Great
Eastern, 344 to 3ar ; Great Northern, 121 to 122 ;
ditto A, 133 to 134 ; London, Chatham, and
Dover, 181 to ; and North British, 39 to
Foreign and colonial railway shares have been
moderately dealt in, at the closing quotations of
Saturday.
ed. I RatmAre. Cmainning Vices Sales to-day
Saturday. I
to p.m.

M. 100 'Bristol and Exeter IB7 89 -
M. 100 ,Utledonisa -
M 100 'Cambrian —..- 40 ell
50 all 'Cork and Meadow - - - -
33 all Cornwell 4 6 -
9l 100 ;Dublin and BellastJtinc 66 0 -
SL 100 I Dandoe,Perth,itAbdin 711 72 -
100 all last London Scrip Cwt. - - -
100 10 Do -.-
84. 100 flinagow and a Waiter° 116 118 -
e{. 100 'Great Eastern Ord M. 34 451 341 I
84. 100 Do. E. Ang. Stk., No. 6 8 -
54. 100 OreatNorth of Scotland - - --
64 100 Great Northern
0 1100 Do.A J A rec. no Mr. un- 133} 134} 134
M. I 100 Do B} Wee. c.ls paldß - - -
M. ' 100 Do. Ord. Def. Dlv. Mock - - -
at. 1100 el South & West. (Ire.) 91 0 -
St. 100 'Great Wasters 44 64 84 i} i
81. 100 Do.StourVel.Gue.Stk - - -
St. 100 Do. South Wales - - -
Bt. 100 Do. W. Yid.-Oxford 82 36 -
114. MO Do. Do. N rt 114 37 -
84. 100 Lancashire & Y 194 131}
RV i
St, 100 Lou.,Lir htn, &S.Coest 88 90
ilt. .100 London, .tDor 18} 1111 -QUI
et. 'lOO Do. Met. Exten.A6p. c. 10 20 -
S< 100 .Loadindi North Mesta. 101 124} 114
0. 100 ILondomtionthWestern 88 90
8l 100 Illan. Shut, & Linoolnali 64 55
311. 100 'Metropolitan l3ll 132 131} i
10 all Do. Piew 2 3} -,
10 all Do. Extension
11 14 11}
100 ell MetropolltanDistriot - - -
20 7 Do. do. do. d
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10 ell , Do. &I - - -
111. 100 'Midland t. John's-w 001244 1254 1144 1
0 all ' Do. 49 Shares -
9< 100 Do. Birm & Derby. ' 93 96 -
04. 1100 ,North British -
St. ' 100 ' Do. Kiln ,Perth,Dtind. 14 18 -
St. 100 N. Eastern-Berwick lO6 107 -
36 164 . Do. O. N. K Pero- - - -
64. 100 ' De. Leeds
at. 100 . Do. York lOl 103 101} 1
114. 100 Do. Carlisle - - -
u in I Do. Stock. &Darling. 86 86 04 I
M 20 . Do. do., 100-61 -
M. 100 North London llO 10 -
19 10 Do. do., 1864-6 -
II S ' Do. do., 060 1 1 I} -
M. 100 North etatordabire , 74 76 -.
ill 100 N. & & Western June.' 114 118 -
el 100 Scottish Central 1 148 152 -
SC 100 lihropshire Union - - -
St. 100 South Devon , 43 90 -•
89 100 South Eastern I 4
all 'StalnexWoldnelkarnotc 73}
li 1 7 74 340 -
M. 100 Taff Vela -
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M. 100 Weterford & Kilkenny - -.-
10 6 .Waterloo & Whitelialll -.-.

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910, Maarttlm 6pa &J 97!
MO. Do. 1878
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pt.. I 18112
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MS, New BramaGovAlporct.
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6 p. coat, 1871 to 1876
3,871, Do. II p. 0.1888 to 1893 1
850,000 D0.5p.c.r,1887 to 1876 1
130, N•w Zoaland Opor canal
1,100,0 Do. bper cent.
600, Do. 6 per cent. 1891
IM, Do. do. 1091 June& Dec
250, Nova Scotia 6p. c., 1876
I,B6o,2oo,Quwaland Ooe. 89. ct.
—.. 6.Atut .Gov. 6p. a. ,07-77
761.8861 a.. 1878 sad marda
860,000, VlcAloy.6p. a. Jae. July
7,000,0 W Do. 6p. ot. Wail aOc

88. Wee
M 101
N 101
82 84
82 84
102 104
104 106
108 196
101 108
fl• 92
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146 168
104 106
106 104
191 106
NI 106
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Moral Swedish
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South East. of Portugal
Southern of France
Turin and Savona
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West &Y. W. of France

POPZION

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10 Anglo-Mexican Mint I
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26 'Australian Apical
13 Australian 31I.LotTn.(L
10 Teo ileistaiL
10 EllearuerhVaterworks (L.)
10 Do. New
100 • Bolekow Vaughan (L )
I Bombay Gas (Limited)
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60 British American Land
Bt. B.& I. Hag. Tel. (L.) I
20 British Shipowners
112 i Canada Company
10 ICanadiatiLmul & Inv(L)
10 ICsylon Company
10 1 Ditto Amhara
10 ChinaSt.Ship&LOnall
10 City Discount, Limited.
26 CltyofLoielouit.Pro.(l.)
U City et Milan Impro.(l )
2, Do.
City of Mosoow Gas (I )
60 I City °Maw (Lim.)
60 Colonial (Limited)
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40,000, 16 (Ocean Marine amours.
10,0041 14 !OrtestallquancialiLho. :
10,000' 6 lOrieutalGaa(Lalted)..
60,000 6 Do. New
60,000 10 'Orient Inland Stoma )
26,000 10 jOtago*Stbland tarsal
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42,500 10 'Panama R.IL Stm,ML)
10,214 6 Do. do.
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60,000, 60 Peninsular & o.lltemn
20,000 60 Do. do. New
10,000 60 Ithynney Iron
10,000 16 , Do. New
54,000 26 11161.C7171rnPr07.110 1
60,000 20 Itio Janeiro Gas (13m )
15,000 100 'Royal Mall Steam
400,000 St. Scot.Auatra. luvest.(6 1
60,000 20 Soc.Finan. d'Euppla(L ).
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PREFERENCE SHARKS.
lAneashire and Yorkshire 6 per oent. stock, 129.
Wat<rfurd and Kilkenny 6 per oent., 48.

MONEY MARRET.-(THI8 DAY.)

OPI O'CLOCK.

The amount of business in public securities to-
day is not extensive, but the tone is rather firm,
in consequence of the absence of any withdrawals
of gold from the Bank on Saturday for exporta-
tion, and the announcement of the arrival of up-
wards of 300,0001. from Australia and New
York. Speculative transactions are checked
at the moment on account of the fort-
nightly
settlement, commencing to-morrow.
Consols are unchanged for money, but exhibit a
rise of 1-16 per cent. for the account. British rail-
ways and foreign stocks are inactive, and prices
generally are quoted the same as on Saturday.
United States 5-20 Bonds have advanced, upon a
decline in the premium of gold at New York and
the receipt of better quotations from the Con-
tinent.

The applications for discount are still limited,
while the supply of money is superabundant. The
general rate is 3 per cent., but exceptional transac-
tions continue to take place at 21.
Consols are now quoted 901 toe for money
and 90 13-16 to 1516, or 90k, for the account
(February 7).

Very few dealings have been reported in foreign
stocks, and prices are unaltered, with the exception
of a rise of I per cent. in Spanish Passive,
and a reduction to the same extent in Russian
scrip. Turkish Bonds of 1862 are quoted 534 to
541,, ex div. ; ditto of 1865, 29g to ; Greek, 141.
to g ; Spanish Passive, 22 to ; ditto Certifi-
cates, 14f to 1; ; Italian of 1861, 5n to 54,1, ex
dir. ; Mexican, lig to g ; Russian Scrip, 1 to 11
prem. ; and Chilian Scrip, 1 to 11 prem.
United States 5-20 Bonds have improved f per
cent., viz., to 73 to e ; but Erie and Illinois Cen-
tral railway shares have declined it to f, being
quoted 42i to 43 and 80 to respectively.
International Financial shares are quoted 2,;
to g dis. ; London Financial, 18i to 174 dis. ;
General Credit, 2,1,- to 14 dis. ; Credit Foncier,
51 to 5 dis. ; National Discount, 91 to prem. ;
and Hudson's Bay, 16} to f

A special meeting of the Turin and Savona
Railway Company is called for the 4th of February
in London, for the purpose of hearing a report
of, and discussing the proceedings lately taken at
the general meeting held at Turin on the 14th inst.
A special meeting of the Australian Agricultural
Company will be held on the 12th of February,
when a report on the affairs of the undertaking
will be laid before the meeting.
We are requested to state that the share list
of the P • Steam Trantroad Company
(Limited) will be closed on the 2nd of February.
It is understood that the engineering staff of the
company will proceed to Bahia by the mail steamer
of the 9th proximo.
The half-monthly settlement in shares and
foreign stocks will begin to-morrow (" Continua-
tion-&y") and end on Thursday.
There were no bullion operations at the Bank on
Saturday. The Kosciusko has arrived from Port
Philip with 113,5001. in gold, and the Hansa, from
New York, with 79,0001., making, including the
117,0001. reported on Friday by the Sussex, a
total of 309,5001. now awaiting disposal.
. .

According to telegrams just received the ship-
ments of gold from Australia to Point de Galle
during the month were 82,000/., and the total for
England was only 32,000/. It seems probable,
however, that 320,000 L is meant in the latter case,
a cypher having perhaps been omitted.
the Muter of the Rolls has refused to sanction
the reconstruction of the General Exchange Bank
(Limited) into the London and Exchange Bank
(Limited).

The transfer-books of the Anglo-Italian Bank
will be closed on the 2nd of February, preparatory
to the issue of the shares of the new ank.

The half-yearly meeting of the Midland Railway
Company is convened for the Toth of February at
Derby.
The half-yearly meeting of the General Land
Drainage and Improvement Company is called for
the 13th of February.
Mr. Arthur Cooper has been appointed by Vice-
ChanceUor Sir W. P. Wood official liquidator of
the Metropolitan Cab and Carriage Company
(Limited). . . .

The LOndon Stock and Share Company (Limited)
have issued the catalogue of stocks and shares to
be offered at their sale by auction to-morrow. The
lots are 170 in number.

The Produce Markets Reri,tc gives the following
comparison of the present position of the Bank,
and the price of Consols for the week ending Jan.
26, 186, with the corresponding periods of the
two previous years :
- -

1887. 18fb. 18u.
Bank bullion m 1,891,548 £13.(/70.760 £14,317,21.5
Bank rearm .. 9,90,910 !".,1,3;;.1483.1 b,073,:1us
Notes in circulation 22.918,965 20,1167,3e0 20,146,007
Rate of discount 3A per rt. 8 per ct. 5 per ct.
Consols for money 944; 49G1

SATURDAY EV22TING.

Consols, which closed yesterday at 90,.? to
, both for money and the 7th February, opened
and closed to-day at 901 to 1. The official
business report is as follows :—Three per Cent.
Consols, for money, 90i, I • ditto, for account,
901, ; Three per Cents. lieduced. 90f, f ; New
Three per Cents., 90f, I, 90, ; ditto Two-and-a-
Half per Cents. 73; Bank Stock, 2494; India Five
per Cent. Stock, 1071, ,7 ; ditto Five-and-a-Half
per Cent. " enfaced" rupee paper, 107 ; ditto De-
bentures, 102}.
The India Five per Cent. Stock was firm.
Exchequer Bills were unaltered at 10s. to 14s.
prem.
There was little business in the foreign stock
market, and the tone was rather fiat, but the re-
duction in prices was neither general nor important.
Italian Bonds of 1861 and 1663, as well as Meal
can, showed chief depression, and declined I to 4
per cent. Spanish Passive and Greek were also
lower, but Brazilian of 1863 improved 4.
The scrip of the new Chilian Loan declined I to
t per cent. upon the distribution of the letters .4
allotment, which took place this morning. The
closing price was 11 to If prem.

MINES.-(THIS DAY.)

Ortz o'Cioca.

There is a moderato amount of business in
British mining shares to-day at, in most cases,
steady quotations. Prince of Wales, West Chirer-
ton, I)rakewalls, North Crafty, and Cook's
Kitchen, are in demand, while Wheal Buller,
Tincroft, and Clifford show fatness. Some of
the present quotations are as follows :—Wheal
Buller. 20 to 221 ; Tiucruit, 1::4 to 14 ; Clifford,
74 to 8 ; West Chiverton, 64 to 66; Chirerton
Moor, 51 to 61 ; Great Retallack, 21 to i ; North
Crofty, si to 6 ; East Lorell, 101 to 11 ; Drake-
walls, 275. to 295. ; Prince of Wales, 355. to
375. ; and Redmoor, 10s. to Us.

THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVE!: RAILWAY.
On Saturday the Lords Justices delivered an important
There
" In re London, Chatham, and Dover Railway."
There were no fewer than four suits which came before
the court on appeal. Ono was on behalf of the mort-
to enable them to realise their securities ; • second
gaannlrd were to set aside the Vice-Chancellor's order,
by which the general manager and secretary were appointed
" receivers" for the mortgagees, on the ground that that
order was couched in too extensive tem,. awl thereby
gave the mortgagees more than they were entitled to ; and
a fourth suit was by the Imperial Credit Company, to
establish • claim to 135,0001. upon all the proceeds derived
from the sale of superfluous lands. Lord Justice Cairns
confirmed the order of the court below as to the first three
suite, so far as the tolls of the company went, but not as to
the sales of surplus land. With re aid to the claim of the
Imperial Credit Company, their lordships decided that the
company ought to have a receiver also, but recommended
the same as in the other cases to save expense.