The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-19 00:00:00

TEE N4TION4L BANK.-(7.1118 DAY.)

A special general meeting of the proprietors of
this bank was held at their offices, 13, Old Broad-street, for
the purpose of altering the day of the =must meeting front
the fourth Wednesday to the fourth Tuesday in May,
Mr. FOWLER Nelms!, the chairman, presided.
The CIVAIIIXAN said that at the last general meeting the
shareholders expressed a desire that the day of meeting should
be altered to suit their convenience. As it was the wish of
the directors to have a large attendance of the proprietors,
they had taken the necessery steps for altering the day of
meeting from the fourth Wednesday to the fourth Tuesday
be May.
Mr. HYDE, the secretary, then read the notice convening
the meeting for the pumas, of effecting that change.
The CHAIRMAN then read the following resolution:—
" That the day of the annual general meeting of the pro-
prietors, fixed by the deed to take place on the fourth Wed-
nesday in the month of May, be altered, end is hereby
changed, and in future shall be held on the fourth Tuesday
in evert year."
Mr. HARVEY LEWIS seconded the motion, which was
unanimously agreed to.
A vote of thanks was panned to the chairman, and the
meeting separated.

The Dana's treasures, or at least a portion of
then; h►re been discovered at Bithoor. Four large boxes of
gold and silver plate have been renovered from a well there,
end it is reported that more will shortly be found in the
same place. Other property has also been discovered, par-
ticularly that entrusted by the Nana to a prostitute who was
living at a village celled Lalpoor. The whole is said to
amount to a conriderable sum. The villagers in the neigh-
bourhood of Cawnpore are said to show a more favourable
spirit than formerly. It is reported in the camp that the
commander-in•chief will attack Lucknow in a month.—
PootinA Oherrer, Jan. 22.

•
THE LATE SIR EGERTON BRTDOES, BART.— The
late Sir John William Egerton Brydges, Bart., of Denton
Court, Kent, who died on the 16th inst. at Lee Priory, near
Canterbury, in his 68th year, was the second, but eldest sur-
viving son of the eminent genealogist and biographer, the late
Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, by hie Ent wife, Elisabeth,
daughter and sole heir of the late Rev. William D. Byrche,
end succeeded to the title on his venerable father, death in
Sept. 1837. The deceased baronet, who was for many years
in the 14th Light Dregcone and saw active service in the
Peninsula, was never married, and the title has consequently
Cdhie half-brother, Ferdinand Bailey Head Brydges,
to
ql.e,riew third baronet.
_ _

THE LATE SIR CHARLES AUGUSTUS Flrt-ROT,
K.C.B.—Sir Charles Augusta Fitz-Roy, K.C.8., who died
et his residence in Clargee-street, Pion Ally, on the 16th (n-
-atant, in his sizty-seoond year, was the only son of the late
General Lord Charles Fitz-Roy (brother of George Henry,
fourth Duke of Griffon) by his Brat wife Frances, daughter
of the late Edward Miller Mundy, Esq., of Shipley, aunty of
Derby. Bs was bent in 1796, and served for several years
in the Royal Horse Guards Blue. About the year 1837 he
wee appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Prima Warts
vrbenoe he tru transferred in 1841 to the poet of
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of ties Leeward Islands,
which he resigned to 1845. In the August of the following
year he was nominated to the Important post of Governor of
New &lath Wales, and ermine became Governor-General
of all the Australian colonies. inc oding Veit Diemen'i Land,
Victoria, Adelaide, or South Australia, together with the
western settlements near Perth. In September, 1854,
he wee enorveded by the present Governor-General, Sir
Whim Denison. n• late 16Ir Charles Fitz-Roy set in the
portiaawat of 1881-82, as M.P. he limy St. Edmund'., In
the literal interest. Ms was g
ot
oZEin 1837 on being
to his Snit colonial t, and was mated
and
▪ Knight Connunder of the of the Bath (civil division)
M 1854.