The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-07 00:00:00

ccTIOY COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.)

Before the Hereford oommittee this day, after
the sommetion of two witnemes, Mr. Serjeant Ballantine
ogi that it wee not his Intention to pro-
7e.d further with the petition against the return of
• Isigallay as, after the decision arrived at by the
ua snsee on Saturday, he found it would be impoodble
sg=cy. The committee adjourned at 1 o'clock till
irpgiese to enable Mr. Cooke to consult with his clients
to /bat should be done with the petition against Mr.
c.i !gr. Coohe saying he was afraid there would be
w ins &Sault/ Wablilhing
/Now evidence in the case of the Devonport and
Gaya petitions was adduced.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.
(THIS DAY.)

T annual meeting of this society was held at
mss, Bari Rwisaw. presiding, and was very numerously
owegad. Before the meeting, a lengthened and interesting
egoisetion of the children took place in the principal
...400 and was witnessed by the Premier, Lord Lyve-
Kl,-sad a large number of the leading supporters of the
;mutation, including a great many ladies. Among those
at the meeting were, in addition, Lord Lyveden,
ha, W.
Boileau, Gurney, ALP., Sir Walter Stirling,
Ball, Mr. R. Alsop, Sm.
yam the report read by the secretary it appeared that
the several agencies of the society bad been continued in
occessful operation, consisting of the training colleges for
yew men and young women, the modal and practising
schools at the Borough-road and at Stockwell, the inspec-
lice of schools in England and Wales, and the depo-
sitory for the sale of school materials at reduced prices,
an extended correspondence with educationalists
slaved. The Training College at the Borough-road was
reported as not being tell ; but at Stockwell, it was
gated, there were one hundred young women under train-
The demand for trained teachers proved greater
than the supply ; and the society had thus early in
the year been unable to meet the applications for
wines. In the schools on the premises more than
one thousand children were in daily attendance. Mr.
Dads, RA., who for nine years had represented the so-
ciety in the north of England, had resigned. and was
sameeded by Mr. E. Salter. In South Wales there
existed a strong desire and determined effort to estab-
lish schools on the principles of the society. Of the grants
of school materiah thirty-one had been made to new
schools. Proof was adduced of the still destitute condition
of ear large towns and cities by a reference to the results
of the canvass made by the Manchester Education Aid So-
ciety, from which it appears that only 40 out of 100 of the
children eligible were at school. The income of the society
for the year ending 31st December, 1865, was 13;5671.
93. 9d, ; the expenditure being 13,3491. s. This was owing
to the payment and appropriation of some bequests. The
ertjaery Jimmie of the society is below its expenditure, and
from the arrangements of the oommittee of council it is in
promo of diminution.
Lard LYVEDIN moved the adoption of the report, and
expressed the interest which he felt in the society's
worts. Adverting to the noble earl in the chair, be created
considerable amusement by observing that during the
arithmetical examination he could well imagine the noble
earl as he listened to some clever boy's answers wishing he
had him in the House of Commons to calculate for him
what would be the effect on the position of his party of the
complicated government measures of parliamentary re-
form.
The Rev. R. D. WILSON seconded the motion, which
was dterwards adopted.
At the close of the proceedings the CHAIRMAN expressed
his malefaction at finding that the society still maintained
its principle of scriptural education, and that its opera-
tions manifested continued progress. He mast say
that considering the progress of this country in
wealth, and its position among the nations of the
globe, he was far from satisfied with the oda-
catice among the people in general. He thought
it eight to be far more extended, and he thought
that those points of difference which had hitherto pre-
vented its extension might by concert and conciliation be
removed and the education of the country very greatly
promoted. fie could assure his noble friend (Lord Lyveden)
that he was not, during the arithmetical examination,
thinking of the probable effect of reducing the
101. franchise to 7l.—{laughter)—but if Cardinal Antonelli
were in this country and saw some of the working classes,
he should almost be ready to leave it to hint, as he was
very intelligent man, to decide the political questions
now in dispute.

TRUST AND AGENCY COMPANY OF
AUSTRALASIA.-( THIS DAY.)

The fifth annual general meeting of proprietors
was held to-day at the company's offices, St. Swithin's-
lane ; Mr. A. Boman iu the chair.
The report of the directors has been already published.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, congratulated
the shareholders that in hard times like these the directors
were able to present so favourable a statement of affairs.
Al regarded the debentures, which might be considered a
very fair test of what the public thought of the company,
he was happy to say that, notwithstanding the high rate of
money, they had not changed the rate of interest nor issued
a single debenture below par. (Hear, hear.) And the
amount which stood at 203,470/. in the last balance sheet,
now stood at 240,5e0/., almost a quarter of a million.
They bad since the last meeting issued the second
moiety of the new shares at 10s. per share premium,
and the profit thus realised amounted to 2,3091. 71. 10d.
The accounts were equally satisfactory from the colonies.
Theboards were all working harmoniously with the ma-
nagement, and it was now understood that the restrictions
imposed by the directors were in the way of prudence.
They were getting now from the colonies
40,000/. in interest, and the entire arrears of
interest during the whole of the year, they had been in
operation amounted only to 241., and that now had been
brought down to 71. 10s. The value of the security on which
depended the capital of the company and the proceeds of the
debentures was, therefore, undoubted. He then went
through the various items of the account, and concluded
by submitting the usual confirmatory motion.
KINNAIRD, 31. P., seconded the motion.
Mr. SALMON said it was perhaps too much to expect an
increase of dividend on 20 per cent., but he thought it
would be desirable to equalize the dividend between the
two portions of the year.
The CHAIRMAN said that they did not promise to give
more than 10 per cent, dividend ; and therefore he thought
it better to leave things as they were. (Hear, hear.)
A bonus of 2s. per share was then declared, making with
the interim dividend of Christmas last a dividend equal to
20
_per cent. per annum free of income tax.
The retiring directors and auditors were re-elected.
A SHAaEIIoLDER moved that the remuneration
of the directors be increased by :1001. This was seconded
awl carried ; and 500/. additional was voted to Mr. Horn,
the general manager, the allowance to the eight directors
up to the present time having been 1,500/. a year, and of
the manager 1,0001. a year.
A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors termi-
nated the proceedings.

The Moniteur announces that the managers of
the Aresir National, the Constitutiontsel, the Tempo, and
the Opinion Nationale have been summoned to appear on
Friday next before the Correctional Tribunal of the Seine,
to answer the charge of publishing by anticipation the re-
port of the sitting of the Corps Legislatif on the 3rd of
May.

Salmon fishing has been unusually good this
season in Ireland, the abundance of fish being attributed
to the beneficial operation of the new fishery law. The
Waterford Moil mentions as an illustration of the profits
Dow obtained by fishermen of the humblest class, that
"One night la-a week two of the cot fishermen on the
Suir, brothers named Kavanagh, captured 28 fish at a
angle draw of their seine, within half a mile of Carrick-
on•Suir, for which they found a ready market next morn-
ing at 31f. On the same night two men in the next cot
Captured eight fish in a single draw."
At Littlefield, in Dorsetshire, a gentleman has in
his garden a quantity of peas in pod.
M. Du Chaillu, the African traveller, has been
'laying at Weymouth.
The mackerel season has commenced off the coast
of Dorset.

Upwards of 60 vessels sought shelter near the
Portland breakwater from a strong north-easterly wind
hit week.

THE GOVERNORSHIP OF JAMAICA.—Some miscon-
..

rePtion has prevailed respecting the governorship of I
Jamaica. Mr. Rawson has not been appointed as successor
to Sir Henry Storks in Jamaica, as has been stated by
I generally well informed contemporary. The mistake
seems to have arisen from Mr. Rawson holding a dormant
commission to act as governor of Jamaica under possible
contingencies.
TAJO/ELLIN° SCOTCHMEN. —Scottish songs are
!,,keini and appreciated in every quarter of the globe. The
mot sad the snipe (sap Bulwer Lytton), are the two ani-
lath most tenacious of life ; they exist anywhere, and
under any conditions. We cannot vouch for the snipe,
but we can certify that we have never visited any ace,
however remote or uninviting, without finding Sootc'hmen
there ; end wherever Seotchmen go, they carry with them
the tongs of their native land. We have listened to bou-
rne'', Of our Scottish soldiers singing, " Scots wha has,"
on the eve of a battle ; it was only the other night that we
were kept awake till daybreak by a party singing a awns-
nos of national songs in a netglibourtng tent, while the
sentry went his solitary round, and the signal fire of the
Mint m111:24, seen in the distance. The plsintivestrsins
of the and braes of bonnie Donn " had a singular
effect when sung on the banks of the Waikato, and awoke
M 4,17 reminiscences of Scottish song which may not be
without interest to our readers.—Fraser's Magazine for
May.