The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-29 00:00:00

OVEREND,GURNEY,ANDCOMPANY(LIMITED).
(IRIS DAY).

PROCEEDINGS IN CHANCERY TO ENFORCE THE

CALL

This day an application was made to Mr.
Buckley, the chief clerk of Vioe-Chancellor Kinderaley,
by Mr. Denton (Maynard and Denton), as solicitors for
the official liquidators, to enforce the call of 101.
made by the vacation clerk of Vice-Chanoellor
Stuart. There was a crowded meeting on the
present occasion, and much excitement prevailed.
Some hundreds of shareholders bad been summoned.
Since the matter had been before the public the money
had freely been paid, and it was anticipated that the
present application would save the liquidators from pro-
' cceding by way of attachment.
Mr. Guy, from the otlii.e of Mx. Dale, wfui for a de-
positor named Stephenaou.
I Meri.ra. Clark, Son, :aid 1:1-Nling now appeared for the
' members of Ow 1) fenc..Asioe' whoha4l been summoned,
in the place of Mews. Lets so and Lewis, who, it was
understood, had resigned the office of solicitors.

A considerable discussion took place.
Mr. Denton asked for an order of four days on the par-
ties. There were about 1,400. Many had paid ;
and he believed that of the great number summoned
others would pay on its being seen that the court would
enforce the call.
On the part of the Defence Association, fraud was
alleged in the inception of the affair, and time was asked
for a full investigation.
The chief clerk (Mr. Buckley) said the liquidators were
entitled to the order, and made one in the several cases to
pay the money.
It was arranged that the parties should raise the ques-
tion before the Vice-Chancellor on Friday, and the order
was suspended until that day.

THE GREAT DISCOVERY OF STOLEN GOODS IN 114:5,
THE CITY. Bt.

MANSION HOUSE.—(THIS DAY.) al
This morning had been fixed for the further Bat
examination of Moses Moses, the ex-marine store dealer in
tit
Black Horse-yard, Aidgate, and residing in Gravel-lane,
et
FLundsditch, on the charge of feloniously receiving an at.
immense amount of valuable property, well knowing the 84.
same to have been stolen, and in consequence the justice- I
fj n-
room was again crowded in every part by persons who had '•
claims to make to some of the property found, and also by 81:
others who as spectators were desirous of witnessing the at.
proceedings.
A long list of night charges of a trivial nature occupied 10
the attention of the presiding magistrate (Mr. Aldernian PS!
}lnnis) for a considerable time, and it was nearly one
10
o'clock before the prisoner was brought up, when he pre- st
seated the same appearance of indifference which has cha-
rialterised his demeanour since be has been in custody. 84.
Mr. Wontner appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. al
Lewis, senior, for the prisoner. Superintendent Forster Est
was again in attendance to watch the case for the Com-
missioners of City Police, and the interest of the public in s 5
the case was by no mean.' diminished. at.
lets the St.
Mr. Wontner said he proposed to-day to comp
evidence to the case of the 17 elephants' teeth or tusks St
found on the premises ()tithe prisoner, and which had been
stolen from a barge belonging to Messrs. Joyce at.
and Son, while lying in the river in July last. He la
should then ask for a further remand in order to
to enable him to got up the evidence in several other St.
cases in'whieh he had been instructed to prosecute. The 6l
active officer Muss had evidence in attendance to-day to t
implicate the prisoner in three or four cases of which he at.
has the charge, and these cases would occupy the present at.
sitting. to
The inquiry was proceeding when our report was de- St.
apatched, and will occupy, it is expected, a considerable 10
tine. 10

LONDON BETTING.-(THIS DAY.)

Two O'CLOCK P.Y.

The business of settling chiefly occupied mem-
ber; this morning, and speculation was of a limited
character. The Liverpool Cup was the only event bet on,
the quotations at the close being as follows :

LIVERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
100 to 12 agst The Special (t & off)
100 to 8 Aetna (t)
100 to 7 Nu (t)
100 to 7 Mies Harriette (1)
20 to 1 Jollity (t &w)
20 to 1 Emit Lynn (off)
100 to 4 The Sportsman (off)
100 to 3 Proompine (off)
50 to 1 Miss William. (off)
50 to 1 Sultan (off)
50 to 1 Brown Bread (off)

Oscar Becker, the young radical who five years
ago attempted the life of the King of Prussia, has been
pardoned by the Grand Duke of Baden, on whose tent-
tory the deed was committed and punished. The King of
Prussia interceded for him at the instance of a near rela-
tive. Having been sentenced to penal servitude for 20
years, the liberated fanatic rejoices in the remission of no

leas than 15 years.
As an illustration of the growing self-assertion 01

Czechism, the following feet is given. There are numerous
rifle clubs, something like our volunteer formations in
their infancy, all over Bohemia, as in other parts of
Austria. Tho secretary of the Prague sharpshooters,
having occasion to communicate with the Pardubitz sharp-
shooters in relation to the forthcoming festivities, wrote
to them in Gennan to state that in future all their corms-
, pondence must be carried on in Bohemian, as they were

Czechs, not Germans.
DEATH FROM AN ACCIDENT AT THE BRIDLINGTON
RAILWAY STATION.—We regret to have to report the death
of Mr. Foster Binnington, which took place under these
circumstances. 0. the return of the York excursion train
on the 26th inst., Mr. Binnington left the carriage while
the train was in motion, and in doing so fell under the
wheel, both his legs being so much injured that amputa-
tion had to be performed. He never recovered, and died
on Saturday. On two former occasions he had suffered
from his carelessness and wilfulness in leaving the carriage
while in motion. Deceased was •61 years of age, and has
left a widow and eight children.—Lads Mercury.
ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE.—A CHILD KILLED BY
Btownai.rr Hoes& —On Friday !Timing • child,
named Reed, died at Houghton-le-Spring (a pit village
about half-way between Sunderland and Durham) from
the following outrageous circumstances :—lt appears
that a pitman named Brownlee, working at Hough-
ton colliery, and residing at the new houses near
the pit, • mad sort of fellow, given to occa-
sional drinking bouts, has been off work for some time,
and has entertained a grudge against some of his neigh-
hours. On Thursday, the 18th inst., he had sent
his daughter-in-law to procure him on different
occasions pots of ram. After the last occasion be
desired her to call in a Mrs. Ana Reed, the wife of a
neighbouring pitman, and Mrs. Reed obeyed the call
taking with her to Brownlee's house an infant child two
years old. The man's daughter-in-law was busy attending
to some cooking, and noticed the kitchen poker red hot in
the fire, but before she could remove it, Brownlee stepped
forward seized the poker and rammed it into a small
open ba;rel of powder, which, like all pitmen, he kept in
the house for blasting while at his work. The effect of
the explosion that followed was terrific ; the roof of the
house was nearly all carried away, the waahhouse at the
rear was blown down, the window blown out, and the
goods in the house were nearly all destroyed. The five
persons inside suffered most, and there seems to be no
doubt that the intention of Brownlee was to destroy them
all along with himself. Mrs. Reed was severely injured,
and the infant in her anns wax so sadly burnt that it lin-
gered on until Friday night, when it died. Brownlee him-
self escaped with the least injuries, but his dank,hter-in-
law suffered a great deal. She now lies in the workhouse
in • condition which gives little hope of recovery.
Brownlee himself is in exulted, of the police awaiting the
result of the coroner's inquest to be held Lads Mercury.
CHOLERA AT WOOLWICH.—A new outbreak of
cholera has occurred at Woolwich and Charlton. Ten
deaths were registered on Friday, the 26th, in Woolwich.
Woolwich is the only district within the metropolis which
unfortunately appointed no special health offioer before
cholera became epidemic, and the duty has devolved on
the parish medical officers, who have given no information
about their proceedings. The medical health officer of
Charlton and Kinbrooke, writing on the 25th of October,
supplied the annexed information respecting the death'
in his district:—" During the last 24 hours a severe
outbreak of cholera has occurred in my pariah, and seven
oases have proved fatal, the duration of the attack varying
from eight to 16 hours. They have all occurred in the
Marsh district, where there are streets of small houses
built on the soil without any basement whatever, and
many of them flooded at present with water from the tidal
ditches with which they are surrounded ; these houses are
much below the level of high-water mark." This outbreak
should be at once looked to. In the midst of tidal ditches
the water supply of the houses demands immediate
attention.
M. Louis BLANe.—Whatever our differences
with M. Louis Blanc in his capacity of abstract politician,
it is pleasant to acknowledge the independent spirit and
the serene temper with which, in exile, he has maintained
the dignity of a man of letters. He has fulfilled,
as scrupulously as if it were an obligation of
personal honour, the duties which a political refuges
owes to the country that becomes his asylum ; and in
the work now before us, he has requited, by noble service,
the hospitality England may well be proud to bestow on
a guest of an intellect so remarkable and of • character
so pure.—Quarterly Review, new number.