The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANIJARY 15, 1867.

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• tl,i, Dr. 31,r1, ham, ,41,
• .•-• 0ra1.... th, Poor law 110 u.l, op, sa.,l is.•
L. ..f the Ihtlito.,lareen Workhouse.
I ark, oito the •Inoge of inhumanity and
pro;ot 1.1 ,n,st one of
.1 t t, for which in: was
I.• Flo I,y the I toanl of Ginirolians.
.t • • •:, Willi in, .h feinted Mr. Blassingliam,
of the procce•lil
a N‘ i!hin• vos
• I .1,4 f11.11•St iayllllo lilt.. the skitge
• I. a- it °Oka a VOSltiOls.
• • .• • • 11,411 :lila lit
',le. • . wlth the c aosent of the
• •••t •. t!ot only t o lois co,n,!cct o ,
. • •,.1,. slam. The niamoci
i tot , • ,I oneria:- antics.
. • :• 11 I lea Of Ann Ferry. the
•• ,• •-c at!, was the occasion fur tin
••. I M,.-;ugh, was first
- 0:.1t ‘,..1 I ilk 201 .I.liittaty last tl
ts'y ois tie
•tttt 114.ilaCe of U,'. 31
• •• ill the eve %•.w Idot.titted.
,• .1,,• (v. ;'.ut Ss) da,cieti it to
who said th. t 1,, ra,;1.1 'tot conk: that
tl.ac her si t• : in the silly
• ,• r. n. .sl.l,ut r I “Laiug, ac. The
' ot I iiotdol -tire foi tin- at:trio:ans.
t•I .16 i.t•1.1 .1.1 gas e a to nor si,t,r, stud then
.•.,u lai,. At to II •t ',owning site found
0.. 1. .1t half-past In u cl. ek she went to In.
• an•l ,w lain in hi. •datli• r, Evading a
•-• !••:‘. 11.1 t.• )I. I • .stei t. 4 appeal•.ltu
• l I '' I can't hell. that —I can only go

~i•,i• I qut Atoned the witeact,tx to whether

, •Mi 411:011 un,k rstsful that the case was one
~1..,rt whidl >Lt 1,..1 tak,' the previous
• • I tl..t no: actually tell I
. • !' , but the,i spoke shout the
. • 1:!, ss 1.. iit•sed. Witness went hack.
•si•tet tof it die dit.l, Imlf-past
t: •it . boo' Is•furt• she 111,11 the doctor's son
• •T• mustard poultices.
it int. hy Mt Alout:Lpme Williams—She told
11 n_lint tot the first occasion that the citnfineuteld
did tad yto him that she only wanted
.• hit the siftf•r-naius, us she supposed be knew
• • , Mr. 91,4,41h:tut's wife was then in the
•••I 11.111 d !war the et ,llVl'lsation. Two ladies, both
• ! 31..ssittliant, were in the shop the next

• •-• xed that lo ,•ister was taken in labour
• • clod, in the morning. They tried to get a
• oluired snil when that sum was
. ~• ..uhl not go under Ts. The •Mceased was
the N, r. Witbess told Dr. kbissingliana
•• ! s .. confined without doctor or midwife, but
's 0.,k.,!, that an experienced person was
with her. It was he and not witness
• , • i tr. Massiugh.an's son came at half-past
came at half-past 2 o'clock on
4.4 death. The deceased died at half.

F

then swum. She said that Ale was

.1 ~..'iWol Al• practii.e.l as a monthly nurse, and
. to the deceased half an hour after the birth,
. , Thebirthwei.totf wellanddeceased was
t•, Witne, went Away at 12 o'clock
, mother thought she was no longer re-
..,!. we: getting on so well. Next morning
w •at 1..1 again. soil she found deceased struggling
1 ....tit. Witness said, " I will go directly for Mr.
:aid she went there at half-past s
.• ..n.I told that gentleman's wife that she came
~ 31: I',-rev. Witness told her that " She was
I . fe, her breath in her throat." Witness also said
It she wt. °ming to give her some red sage and
y. Mts. Ab.ssingham said that witness could not do
thing better till Mr. Miumingham came, and recom-
her to apply mustard poultices. She knocked at
.• .1...1 for 3lr. Massitigham, and he said that
, u:.I not come for half an hour. Mrs. Massing-
I .!., only soul to him, " You are wanted." Witness
...IA hock to Mrs. Ferry. and found her getting
and slm did what Mrs. Itlassinghion had rearm.
I sveas.eil at tirst got ease and then got worse.
V. km..., ti,. n.. at about 10 o'clock, sent the deceased's
I,ttle daughter to Dr. Massingham, requesting hint to come
at ..act. :to hei mother was worse. The aunt of the de-
•• :Ow sent Mrs. Grenittio after the girl, so that there
ttiAt lei take about the matter.
Crosieexamined by Mr. M. Williams—Witness had 24
gars' experience its a monthly nurse. She was known
t.. Dr. 31ass'tightini. There were no symptoms of danger
‘.l en witness left on the tint day. Witness only lived a
at two a inutes' walk from the deceased's place, in Green-
street, s,. that if anything dangerous was seen the friends
could hare called her in at once. There were plenty of
ta...ple in ilece,sed's house to fetch her, but no one
came. The next morning witness did not tell Mrs. Maa-
si,asan, tie t she would go back and return in half an hour.
Mrs. M. did nut tell Mr. Maminghant, through the
tri•ness bad come from Mrs. Ferry. Witness
tic.mnt Mr 3lassingliani was dressing.
Ity the Commissioner—Decease.' used the sage and
1....,ey as a She swallowed nothing in the way of
f..... 1... rite Ar.l of January. She only wet her lips with
• s and honey gargle. Witness hail comaderible
a monthly nurse, and bad delivered about
n women herself but she would never under-
-1.,,,•• t act as a midwife without a doctor. No
ttapt was made when deceased was tiring to give
ter waie.or mendy. Witness did not think Mrs. Ferry was
psng to time until after Mr. Miusingluun'a son came. There
not a drain of wine, or spirits, or beef tea, or milk
a:,.. t tbe house.

11'illimos asked whether the husband of Mn.s Ferry
T. not in work, and whether there were no symptoms of
th•trru about

witness said that she thought there were signs of
distress in the house. She saw 801110 bread and butter in
th, house. She did notice any particular sign of distress,
only the poor children.
14 the Commissioner—Deceased took a cup of tea on
the first day. the also took a slice of toast and some
grid. Neither Mrs. Ferry's husband nor her mother nor
her sister said anything about their belief th..t Mrs. Ferry
was going :o die until Mrs. Massingham's son came ; they
would not beheve in her danger.
Ann Ferry.., girl of about 14 years of age, deposed that
she wo.t to Mr. Masainghara At halt-pest 10 o'clock on the
;rl.l of January. He was in the parlour ; she asked him to
coi.).• and see her mother, as she was dying. He answered,
-dee, nonsense If your mother was put to
bed y,terday, it ain't to be said that she will die to-day."
Witt, Legan to cry, and be said, " It's no use your
cry!,iq • it wol't bring her back again."
Ly the Commissioner—lle knew who I was. He bad
teen !:o, before.

Crosfeesamined by Mr. Williams—lt was witness's
pr.ml•aother told her that deceased was dying. Mrs.
"•Lessiw::has was present whcn witness spoke to Mr. Mu-
,iNhai. Witness did not tell Mr. Maaaingham who she
s. for he knew her. He bed seen her three or four
we-kg hefon•, when her sister was suffering from scarlet
fey. r. Witness had been only once to his seep for medi-
cine. She never spoke to him, or lie to her. Mrs. Mas-
,in:hr a:•id to Mr. filassingbam, "It is the case up the
olh•." (The deceased resided at Twig Folly.)
Mr. C. Hetinan Harris, medical officer of the City of
Loxdon Lying-in Hospital, said that be had made
•' pest mei tern examination of the body of the
She was a fine woman Hi years of age.
•re were hl. lks of mustard poultices on the neck
: I chest, the uterus was well contracted. The
•,eue;e were gorged with blood. The pericardium was
e.1e.1 with serous fluid. so as to displace the heart
f,ur, its proper position between the lungs. The right lung
was inflamed, and was covered with yellow layers
ri all,, sive material. The interior of the lung was
ntew,ly cengested. The left lung was congested, unit
these wei.- also old adhesions. The other viscera
were all healthy. There was no inflammation of
tie utvrus or peritoneum. There was no sign of sore
throst. or of br-mchitis. The throat was quite healthy, and
the symptoms observed before 'teeth must have arisen from
the .listvieled pericardium. Witness was sure that the in-
r.,anestioti ef the right lung could not have been set up less
than -is hours before death—it might have existed four
kys. It arose undoubtedly from effusion into the
pericanlium.

Mr. Wl:Rama—We may take it that the confinement
L.,.1 nothing to do with the death
Witness thought it had. The shock of the labour had
to do with it. Must.ud poultices were good in such
t.o a• external applications. But witness's reliance in
..so of the kiwi would have been the brandy bottle.
Mr. Maccingham had gone to the
• de-
-1 n! I,lf.past $ o'clock on the Thursday morning.
a • : it Liv.. Len possible for him or for any medical
•, • :ave saved her between that hour and half-past
• when she died?
- No. No one could have saved her. Witness de-
' •I to commit himself as to the previous day. The
d 3,1 to have been brought to his hospital. He
• • idol she did not come under his care, for he was
-;ie wou1•1 have died.

.I'—,roceedings were temporarily adjourned at this

T,11: NE'S I'ROFFSAOR AT UNITE/L.4ITE COLLEGE.
• Robertson gave his first lecture on Philo‘ophy
• College on Tuesday morning to a compiusy
...t persons, of whom several were visitors. After
of introduction he proceeded to assign the
• d direction of mental philosophy. He considered
awl esthetics mental sciences, but only subordi-
. After reviewing briefly the history of meta-
he said the claims of metaphysics he con-
, d extravagant ; nor did he believe that any
' l :round in that direction would ever be gained
-':e physical sciences had reached their term—
i,h, of course the study must not wait for that.
only satisfactory form of the study was, he thought,
holoy. and the method of study should be that of
. Whilst the psychologist would not for a moment
.• the t. dijective or introspective side of the inquiry,
nt:h that ours was an embodied mental life •
,
I:t oold be cowardly to be driven to ignore wash:
• , km.l phenomena by the charge of " materialism,"
'••%, of being " ganglamic."—laquiren

•rvn: rill, BANK OF LoNno.v
Et: .t.vu.—(llll.S DAY.)

t -Becond ordinary general meeting of
• in thi4 company wne held at the Loudon
" ,lk thi• JONE 4 i.O the chair.

'f he aeport of the &actors, wkichLasaiready appeared
11, c a:cantina., icae;ng been read,
CI; in moving that the report and state-
toc I,t of accounts be received and:adopted, sold in reference
, the iteta of ::,..r2G,G22/, amount due by the bank on
cur, at, anal I.:posit accounts, bills payable, and letters of
e,:i t , ":•I that ices, wxa has than the currespouding
!t,,,, a the last meeting by l,ltes,ooll/., but, as stated
:la t!.. ~ port. that taut arise from any falling off in
r al Misname, which, on the contrary has consider-
. hi) • an,eased, lint simply from a reduction of liability on
1,,11 p.,,able. Of course there w.is a corresponding decrease
item+ on the other side of " other seen-
,ctiec." lia the profit anal loss account, in
lac,. of current expense', including salaries
isl. he said there wan an increase of 1,700/.,
hut it must be renunnbeteil that they had cow three
s, ,nil pct of the expenses was for advertising
Aa.et her item was for amount written
on ion bad anal doubtful debts, re 2,1:011f. -hl. It
was with extreme regret that the alirecteni had
put down this item. lint it would be remem-
bered that :it the last half-yearly meeting ho stated
that there nos s a large amount outstanding on which
they ~pret..,l some loss, the amount of which they
could alet.2railiae. The director, did sill they
could to obtain seeltrities for the debts referred
v.. soul,- of the lietillities they were obliged
to thke were ships, in which there had been
:peat dela eciati.rn, probaidy of one-fourth since July.
Hi,. weie 'deduced anal shares, which were
I. securities, hut which were taken as collateral
s., ea :to -. in .I.aly. if In. had Men astral he should have
said he t height they 'Menial not have to trench niaterially
on the as-ear fund. Their business was then yield-
in., them close upon •211 her cent. The accounts for
the year had been made up, and the profits amounted to
n 0,010.„ but unfortunately they were subject to these
contingencies. It was right they should be aware that
these leases arose from mercantile accounts which
hail Loco, connected with the bank almost since its
conantemament, anal this ho mentioned that it might
not be itim,ined that the losses bad arisen from any
tiepin tore from ordinary banking business. The report
stated that the directors feel confident, from the im-
proved character MO steady extrusion of their business,
the surplus profits of the hank will enable them shortly
to restore the reserve fund to its former amount. The
ground fm this was the large profits they were
making-941,000f. a ),•ar. They had opened 911 new
accounts during the last year—(hear, henrl—and they hail
not least one account which they were desirous of keeping.
l'or the payment of the dividend at the rate of
per cent. a sum of 15,000/, was put down,
anal 10.1.00. for bonus. This made the dividend equal to
10 per as in. A portion of it was called bonus in order
to preserve the form of the accounts. In pursuance of
the powers given to the directors by the deed of settle-
ment, he ilecLireil at dividend of G per cent and a bonus of
Is. per share.
A Sat.tn r1101.14:11 asked what was the amount of the ac-
ceatances _

the en 11IRM ‘N said be declined to answer. It wns not
desimi.le to let other institutions know how they gained
their profits. Besides the question was not the amount
of the acceptances but the securities for them.

Mr. Shenff LvrErr asked whether not only every bad
debt but every doubtful debt was struck off
The ('IIAIRMAN said if there was any reliance to be
placed in the report the question was answered by the
declarath.n in the report. (Cries of " No.")
Mr. Sheriff LT err said that was not an answer to his
question.
. . .

The ‘litioAN Baia moat clearly all the bad and doubt-
ful dchts exiticipated by the bank had been cleared off.
. . . .

Mr. :Sheriff IXr►rr asked if these debts had been ac-
cumulating and the directors had now come down with
them all at once.

The CHAIRMAN Raid a great portion of them were con-
tented in one old account. In July he should have
thought that the low would not have been so great, but
the securities which they had had to realise had not
brought near 42 much as he then anticipated.
Mr. Sheriff Lr-Err asked whether the loss was made in
the panic, or bad been an accumulation for a year or two
before.

The CH %IRWIN Mill Rot an accumulation of a year or
two ago, but with regard to the panic, the question was,
what was a panic
Mr. Sheriff laccrr—flare you made a loss of 62,000/.
this year T
The CHAIRMAN—AImost entirely. The bulk of the
failures had taken place this year. The questions conveyed
an imputation that the directors did not bring the losses
forward immediately. ]tut it was not always possible
for them to know whether a loss had been incurred.
When they did know they bad brought them forward.
Mr. Sheriff laeriT said he thought each half year ought
to bear its own burden, and he wished to know whether
that was to be the future policy of the company.
The I'itaIRMAN said, if he understood the question, it
wasfwhether. as corn as a bad debt occurred, they were im-
inediatelyto carry it to the profit aodlossaccount beforethey
knew the actual riault. There were very great objection.
to such a course, and it was not a proper mode of conduct-
ing business.
Mr. Sheriff Lverrr said then he was afraid that they
would have a recurrence of such reports as the present.
(Cries of " No," " No honker would say so.")
After some further conversation the report was unani-
mously adopted, and a cordial vote of thanks was given to
the chairman and directors. A similar compliment to the
manager and officers and to the auditors terminated the
proceedings.

ENGLISH AND SWEDISH BANS.-(THIS DAY.)

This day the extraotdinare general meeting of
shareholders was held at the Lotidon Tavern ; Mr. T,,rrie
in the chair. The directors' report was as follows :
" The directors have to report that, in reply to the cir-
cuLir issued by them on the let November last, they have
received answers from the holders of 15,391 shares in the
hank, and that the following is tbe result:-
9,2:N votes for the provisional agreement with
the Scandinavian Credit Share Company, but
should the agreement not be carried out the directors
have reason to know that a large portion of these share-
holders would desire the bank to be continued.
In addition to the shareholders above referred
to, shareholders representing 1854 shares have
recorded their votes for the continuance of the bank, but
the holders of 4.311 shares have expressed their desire for
a voluntary winding up. The director.' have used their
hest endeavours to carry out the provisional agreement
with the Scandinavian Credit Share Company.
As, however, the four shareholders who hold the 4,311
shares have declined to accept the provisional agreement,
the only alternative to be considered is whether the bank
is to be continued or wound up, if such opposition be not
withdrawn. At the meeting held on the 27th September
last, the directors, with the imperfect kuowledge
they then had of the wishes of the general body of the
shareholder., stated it to be their intention, if the rapes-
meat were not carried out, to curtail the business of the
hank so as to close it and return to the
shareholders, as soon as possible, the capital
that is intact. Since such meeting, however, the
directors have received from Sweden the report and re-
solution of a meeting of the Nhareholders, held at
Stockholm, strongly remonstrating against the bank
being wound up, and several of the English share-
holders having also expressed their desire that the
bank should be continued, the directors do not feel that
they would be justified in recommending • liquidation
of the bank iu opposition to the wishes of so large a pro-
portion of the shareholders."
The CHAIRMAN said that the directors, since the last
meeting, had done everything in their power to carry out the
promise they then made. The shareholders knew the terms
on Mob they proposed to enter into an arrangement for
transferring the business of this company to the
Scandinavian Credit Share Compan. company
had • paid-up capital of 168,0001., on Which
they divided 9 per cent. in 1864 and 13 per cent.
in 186.5, carrying over 12,000 or 8 per eent.
more on the paid capital to the reserve
fund. The arrangement made was that for every 251. in
this company the shareholders should receive 151. in cash
or in share' in the Scandinavian Company. But the
Scandinavian Company were anxious that about
half should be taken in sieves and the other
half in cash. Some of the shareholders in the
English company thought that 15/. was not a suffi-
cient equivalent for their 25/., and they asked to be paid
in cash. The matter was referred back to the director. of
the Scandinavian Company, but they declined to modify
their terms. He admitted that these shareholders who
wanted more than 15/. as an equivalent for their
25/. bad geed reason for that, but if they persisted
in requ.ring more, and the Scandinavian Company would
not give more, the enntract must as they desired it
would, he was afraid fall through. The business of the
bank, according to the promise made, had been reduced
as much as possible. The liabilities were reduoed from
192,5001. to 30,2.-.71., sothat they may be said to be out of
debt. The assets of the cam paey at thelast estimate ammuited
to 480,000/., so that they might be said to be out of debt.
The question for the consideration of the meeting was what
should be done under the circumstances! (Cries of
" Wind up.")

(The prZeitecllngs were still going on when we went to
Pte•]

THE WEATHER, THE PARK 4, ♦ND THE RIVER.—
(THIA Dar.)—The cold was lees intense last night, but
the thermometer registered 12 degrees below freezing
point. The ice in the various parks, which is now
very firm, has been crowded all the forenoon with
persons skating and sliding, and amongst the former were
many ladies. No serious accident had been reported up
to 12 o'clock. The quantity of ice in the River Thames
has completely stopped the steamboat and lighter traffic,
and the works on the Thames Embankment and Black•
friars-bridge are almost entirely suspended.

CO.IIMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

LIVERPOOL COTTON AND CORN MARKETS,
(TRIM DAY.)
(ST ELECTRIC AND INTEMILTIONAL TELECILLPH.)

I YKOM OUR OWN eottazartoiexr.)
Cnrn or.--The market flat end depre‘sed. B.des about
7.,(010 bales. . . .

market fairly attended. Fair ',wine.' in
wheat At last weeks rates. Flow firm at full rate..
Leana steady. Oats aml oatmeal in good demand, at
r,ther better prices. Fair business in Indian Guru, :it
.12, 1..1. for mixed.

w. ito &
w. 11;
12:7. D. I I 0
21_ —alms —'30.111:. 24. W. 2 1 W. co 3
Aherdesa— _l3O. II 21 N. W 2 4 N,W 1.•• °
Leith 110 Ol W. 1 N.W. h
Animism _130.13 24 E. 2 2 N. E. h 2
Greencastle 30.17 23, S. W. 1 4 N.E. 5 • I 00:.
. .
Cape Clear 30.00:. N.E. 3 4 N. E. I,
1117:451 1,30.03 34 NN.R. 2 4 N. E. 2
renzance 130.08 tx N.N.E. 1 u N.E. cel• 0.173
Brest N.E. •3 . 6 2.3. E. re j
Lorieat '50.92 30 N. 3 4 S.W. I. 2
Rochefort . 34 2:• N.N.E. 4 4 N.E. h• j
Plymouth 13003 NE. 23N.N. X. .0... I— 1
Weymouth 30.6123 N. N. E. 3 3 N.N.E c!, 3
Portsmouth 29... C. 27 N. NE. 3' 3 E. 1 c —j 2
!Auden 20.05 22 N N. E. 3 1 W -
Yarmouth 20.91 31 N. E. 4 4 • W.N. W. ILo •
csrhorougb 30.0027 N.N. W. 1 3 N. 51, 0.51 3
Shields
Helder
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SHARE LISTS.-(THIS DAY.)

Oxi o.oaool.
The railway market is rather quiet to-day, owing
chiefly to the settlement, but the tone is firm.
Great Eastern stuck is still in domand, and exhi-
bits a fresh rise of per cent. South Eastern and
London, Chatham, and Dover have also Unproved
!to /. The other leading lines are steady at the
closing prices of yesterday.
Metropolitan stock is now quoted 131/ to g ;
Great Western, ESii to • London and North
Western, 124 i, to I ; 12t to / ; Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 1321 to ; Caledonian, 1221
to 1231 ; South Eastern, 74,/ to ; Great
Eastern, 344 to ; Great Northern, 121/ to 1221 ;
ditto A, 1341 to 135; London, Chatham, and Dover,
1:14 to ; and North British, 40 to /.
East Indian Railway stock is in demand, and
has improved 4 percent., being now quoted 107 i
Lunibardo-Venetian and Grand Trunk
of Canada are steady, at 15g to a and 214 to ,
respectively.