The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-04 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 1868.

she admitted having the velvet jacket in her box, which
was opened, said it was not only taken from it but • gram
deem, also belonging to the proweentria, who bed not
prevlintely mimed it.
Mrs. Bromley informed the magistrate that the prisoner
had no occasion to rob her as she had plenty to eat, Vial
little work, and a good bed to lie upon. She came to her
crying, Wade, that she had not a friend to moist her, and
as she looked a respectable ghl ehe consented t 1.12
and took her without a character. When she
d
her she turned round upon her and said it "seritial;
right for taking her without a character.
The magistrate said it was a moat impudent robbery
without any execute. Ile committed her to prima for three
months with bard labour, and told her that if she played
that trick again she would be seat for triaL
Jane Nut all, a servant, was also finally examined on a
chame of robbing her muter, Mr. John A. Stocken, •
stockbroker, Binfield-road, Clpham.rced.
In this wee the prisoner was discharged for steeling.
After she had left other articles were missed, and some of
them were traced to • remits', who WY convicted. Search
was made for the prisoner, but she kept out of the way for
a long time, but she ultimately gave reelf up, admitting
that she bad done wrong, and had taken 41. odd which she
had received from her mistress for the supply of milk to
the house. The money bad been paid weekly to the pri-
soner.
The magistrite committed her for trial for the emberzle-
; nient, at the same time observing that the cases of do-
' mettle servants robbing their employers appeared to be on
the increase.

Kr. Lswis—l decline to eresearamine him.
Kr. Harper—l shall not do so either.
Sir Theme Tleisry—Aßee, yea are not defended; do
you isKit to oreerexamine this witness
Albs—Yes. Have you 11011.1 me at any of the reroofing,
you spate of ?
Mullany—No, I have not.
Allen—Have you ever in your life to the beat of your
knowledge seen me till you saw me in custody ?
Mullany—Never .
Kr. Giffard—Now, sir, I propose that the depositions
be read over as against those prisoners who were not in
custody at the commencement. I shall then ask yon for-
mally to remand the prisoners for the attendance of those
witnesses not now present, but that is the whole of the
evidence which I propose to offer for the crown, and upon
which I shall ask you to commit them for trial.
Sir Thome Henry—Of course all the witnesses must
attend to be bound over. They can be remanded to this

day week.
Mr. Giffard— I shall not withdraw the charge of
treason felony against Muliany.
Sir Thomas Henry—He ma be remanded on that also.
Mr. Burnaby, the chid clerk, then proceeded to read
over the depositions.
During the reading of the depositions there was a marked
difference in the demeanour of the prisoners. O'Neill Fe-
l'erred an air of gravity and profound attention, but mica-
sionally smiled at some jocular remark whispered to him
by his next neighbour O'Keefe. The latter
amused seemed tomself pey
but little attention to the reading, buthi by
I santinising the countenances of the witnesses and other
persona in court, and making observations to his fellow-
which he appeared to consider highly humorous,
trier heCenlaitighed at them himself with evident relish. Barrett
was serions,attentive, and silent. Allenvatehed the reading
with nervous anxiety, and frequently offered observations
by way of correction, but always erroneously, as in each
instance, after the passage being read over again, it was
found that the deposition was correct, and that, with all
his attention, he had not rightly heard what was read.
The other three men were attentive ; but in very different
I ways. William Desmond, with his head slightly on one
side, kept a cunningly watchful eye on the witnesses ;
Timothy Desmond regerded them withtrem ulous • fixed sad mslig-
neat scowl ; while Knglish, the
a
followed the chief clerk ward by word, and seem=a7l;
conscious of the presence, of magistrate, witeesue, or
auditors. Anne Justice (who, in consideration of her
deli's!. state of health, was allowed to remain sead) was
quiet and attentive, but scarcely so intent as some of the
men.
Upon the evidence of the witness Barely, the landlord
of the Temperance-hall, being read over, the primmer
O'Keefe a•ked him if the occasions when he (O'Keefe) bad
been at the ball, were not on Sunday evenings when
lectures on temperance were given by teetotallers. He
replied that it was so.
O'Keefe—Did you not usually have temperance meetings
on the Sundaes ?
Witness—Yes, mostly every Sunday.
The evidence of all the witnesses present having been
read over,
Mr. Pollard (of the Treasury solicitor's office), said be
hod made • list of those who were not in attendance, and
should take care that they should be in attendance at the
next examination.
The prisoners were then remanded.

LONDON, DBIGH
THIS TON, AND SOUTH COAST.
( DAY.)

This afternoon the ordinary half-yearly meeting
of the proprietors was held at the International Hotel,
Mr. tutu, M.P., in the chair. The room in which the
meeting was held was crowded in every part.
The report, which has already been published, having
been taken as read,
The QUITMAN, in moving its adoption, said that
the report entered so very fully into the position that it
would only be wasting time to go over the same
points. When he left the Brighton Company, some
12 years ago, it was in • safe and sound position.
There was • fair 4.) or 5 per cent. dividend earned on the
whole capital. This being so it took him by surprise to
see the state into which the company had fallen in the
interim. It took him six months before he could realise
the loss that bad been sustained. To 8,000,00 W. capital
which existed when he left another 8,000,000/. had
been added, and upon that addition they re not
earning a penny dividend. They were behind we
hand
by lao,oool. a year in receipts for the payment
of even the preference dividends. In looking to
the causes of this change, some of them were
general and owing to recent railway legislation. If this
had been the case of a private individual the cause of the
disaster would not be far to seek for the man who could
allow his property to get into such • position, must be
regarded as either a fool or a knave. (Hear, hear.) There
had been gross naiimanagement no doubt, but the
Brighton Company was no exception in this re-
spect, and he must say that in investigating
their affairs he found nothing to justify any suspicion of
the personal honour of the old board of directors. The
fact was that pailiament had given a qualified monopoly
to railway companies at first, and afterwardaexpesed them
to competition. Besides this they had too much of
amateur management. Railway management re-
quired great experience, great attention, and great
intelligence, and these qualities were not always
to be bad. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the future
there was only one way of safety, and that was to do
exactly the opposite of what they had been doing. They
must close the capital account. (Hear, hear.) This was
indispensable, and in fact • aeoemity, now.
They must pay their yearly expenses out of
the revenue of the year. If they closed the
capital account they must look to the working
expenses. Large sums of money had been charged
to capital amount which should be charged to revenue.
The chairman next alluded to the amalgamation with the
South Eastern, and proceeded to meet the objection that
the basis of the amalgamation was unfair to the Brighton
Company. It was assumed that the beats of arrangement
was in the proportion of 45 to 5 but that was a mistake.
Ile proceeded to show that the proportion would be about
47) of the Brighton to 52g of the South BIAKIL (Hear,
hear.)
[The meeting was proceeding when our report left.)

LONDON AND
MITED). -( SOUTH-W=lA W BANS
(LITHIS DY.)

-
The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders was
held at 1 o'clmic this afternoon, et the City Terminus
Hotel, Cannou-street Mr. S. 11. lINDLEY in the chair.
The report appeared in the Ex pr. es of Jan. 31.
The +t
In moving the adoption of the nowt,
tainted the meeting on the progress of the bank
during the last six months. The &lowness of money
had, of coarse, affected the profits, bat the dividend of 5
per cent. to be declared in far superior to the 1 per cent. re-
ceived for money on deposit. (Hear, bear.)

In reply to a question.
The CHAILmAN stated that the bad debts Well merely
nominal.
The report was adopted, ands dividend at the rate of 5
per cent. per annum hoeing been declued, the proceedings
terminated in the usual manner.

LONDON RANK OP MEXICO AND SOUTH
AMERICA (LIMITED).-(THIS DAY.)

An ordinary general meeting of the shareholders
was held at noon, at the London Tavern ; Mr. F. W.
iIIISAELL. M.P., in the chair.
The report, after referring to the convening of the
meeting in accordance with the Companies Act, 1867,
said—" The directors have =slyly to add that two soon as
the accounts for the half year ending the 31st December
last shall have been received, they will be submitted to
the shareholders at the usual time, notioe of which will
be duly given. In the meantime the directors offer their
congratulations on the successful manner in which the
monetruction of the company hasberm carried out. The
following directors retire from office, viz. :—Williarn
Anastasia. Jones, Esq., and William McAndrew, BK.,
but being eligible offer themselves for re-election. n.
shareholders will have to elect auditors for the current

year.
The CHAIRMAN said the conversion of the share. had
proceeded in the most satisfactory manner, and he fiat
certain that the lessening of the liability would strengthen
the bank by bringing a large occasion of useful .dare
holders. (itear, hear.) According to the last accounts
ell was going on satisfactorily on the other side of the
Atlantic. The bank had obtained payment of 27,000 t.,
with 6 per cent. interest, from the government of Bogota.
• large amount of money was now accumulated st home,
and would be available for the purposes of the bank.

In reply to a question. - -
The Camara: mid the expense of the isonversion was
Merely nominal.
The retiring directors were re-elected, and auditors
having been appointed for the current year, the proceed-
ings terminated in the usual manner.

SINNING HY QUOTATION: Theta WY • great
musician who had a dreadful habit of swearing. But he
was very much ashamed of this habit, and so, to excuse
himself, always put it as a quotation from the manager of
the thesis*, who at that time was Mr. Bann. The=
musician would exclaim, " be d—d (as Mr.
would say) if I will be led by that fellow ; or " D--a
the thing (as Mr. Bunn would say), there's not • Angie
good no of music is it." I never heard that Mr. Dann
was in the least given to swearing, but the great
daidas
thought that if bs manager, hom he wen-
sklselsd the resoquoted his
in the worW,w It weinld bier
him barmlsee tram Katie consequences of eel ban. of
svoarbig.—Noturillaa's Magaziat for February.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

(sT niusoura.)
CARMARTHEN MEETING.—(THIS DAY.)

CAMBRIAN STAKES. Two miles.
Violet (sold for 1001.);The Whip (701.); Wisdom, Chance,
Holyboy (401. each). All are here.
COUNTY hIBMBEBEF STAMM Four miles.
Corkscrew Highllyer, Lisette, Flatostoher, Mimosa,
I
Albrighten, mogene, and Birdie are here.
HUNTERS' STAKES. Three miles
Birdie, Bronze, The Whip, Confidant, Bioseter, Cork-
screw, Spaniel, Cardiff, Verbena, and Clumsy g are here.

MONEY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
mu ovum.
The English funds are fiat to-day, and have de-
dined per cent., owing to further (speculative I
realisations, which have been chiefly induced by
the withdrawals of gold from the Bank for the
Continent. Some of the foreign bonds
show a further reaction, but home rail-
way stocks are firm, and have improved
in several cans. Metropolitan is in prominent re-
quest, and has been dealt in at 109 t, being 2 per
cent. better than the closing price of yesterday.
The advance has been caused by the publication
of the circular from the directors, announcing
their intention to appeal against the Vice-Chan-
cellor's recent decision, and the proposed payment
of an interim dividend for the half-year at the
rate of per cent. per annum. A slight reaction,
however, has since occurred, upon a renewal of
sales for a fall. London and South Western is 2
per cent. higher, the dividend just declared being
considered very satisfactory. Colonial government
debentures, as well as banking and financial shares,

are steady.
The discount market is quiet, with a large
amount of money offering and few bills in circula-
lation. There is no change in the quotations for 1
the best paper. The charge for loans in the Stock
Exchange is nominal, at 1 per cent.
Consols are quoted 94 to k both for money and
the account (Gth February), and the Three
per Cents. Reduced and New Three per Cents.,

Railway stocks are firm to-day, notwithstanding
the flatness apparent in most other securities.
Compared with the last quotations of yesterday,
London and South Western show a rise of 2 per
cent.; Metropolitan, 11 ; Caledonian, a ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 4 ; and Great Western, 1. The pre-
sent quotations are asfollows :—Metropolitan,loBl
to it ; Great Western, 46 to 4 ; London and North
Western, 118;5, to 74; Midland, 106;,, to ; Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 1261 to 4 ; Caledonian, 771 to ;
South Eastern, 69a to 4 ; Great Eastern, 311 to 32 ;
Great Northern, 108 to 4 ; ditto A, 108 to 1 ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 18 to 4 ; North
British, 36: to 2 ; London and South Western, 83
Ito 83 ; Brighton, 451 to 46 ; Berwick, 104 to 4 ;
and York and North Midland, 96 to 97.
The foreign stock market is rather dull, and a
fresh relapse of 4to 4 per cent. has taken place
in several of the speculative stocks. A tow of the
I bonds, however, which are usually leas
dealt in, show a rise of # to per
cent. Turkish of 1862 are quoted 601 to 614 ;
ditto 5 per Cents. of 1865, 324 to 1 ; ditto 6 per
Cents. of 1865, 531 to 54; Greek, 13 to 4 ; Portu-
guese scrip, 11 to 14 prem., ex div. Spanis h
New Three per Cents., 36/ to ; Italian of 1861,
434 to k; Viceroy of Egypt's Loan, 743 to 4;
I ditto, of 1864, 904 to 91 ; Mexican, 154 to 161 ;
Russian of 1864, 89 to 110 ; and Peruvian of 1865,
761 to 774.
I Only a few dealings have been recorded in
financial shares. International Financial are called
2to 11 dis. ; London, 231 to 224 dis. ; General
Credit, 21 to a dia. ; and Credit Fonder, 64 to
die.
Bank shares are steady, with a moderate amount
et business. London and Westminster are at 67
to 69 ; Union of London, 33 to 34 ; Imperial
Ottoman, 1 to 4 du. ; Oriental Corporation, 41
to 43 ; Alliance, 121 to 12 dia. ; and London and
County, 531 to 541.
United States 5-20 Bonds are without change,
at 72 to 1. Erie Railway shares are at 48 to 1,
showing • decline of 4 per cent. ; and Illinois
Central at 87 to 1, being 4 better.
Harr-rssr Orfs o'Cwcx.
Consols are inquired for, and exhibit a rise of 4
Iper cent., the present price being 934 to I. Rail-
lway stocks are likewise firm, and an advance of
to 4 has occurred in Midland, Caledonian, Great
Northern A, and Berwick. Metropolitan, how-
ever, has receded 1. Foreign bonds are without
recovery.

HALF-PAST TERM o'CLocs.
The English funds are steady, at 94 to i, both
lot money and the account. Foreign bonds re-
main dull, but English railway stocks show firm-

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tween the company and their creditors, prepsiel
by the directors in pursuance of the Railway Com-
panies Act, 1867, and which was filed in the Court
of Chancery on the 27th day of January ult."
The half-yearly meeting of the Waterloo and
Whitehall Railway Company is called for the
13th inst.
An extraordinary, but merely formal meeting of
the International Financial Society (Limited) is
called for the 17th inst., for the purpose of giving
legal effect to the resolution for reduction of the
society's capital, passed at the general meeting on
• the 28th January.
The half-yearly meeting of the General Steam
Navigation Company is called for the loth instant,
when a dividend is to be declared.
A general meeting of the Australian Trust
Company is convened for the 14th inst., with a
view to the undertaking being registered as a
limited company.

MOXDAT ETIORIM
Commis, which closed on Saturday at 94 to 1,
both for money and next Wednesday's settlement,
opened this morning at the same quotation, and
closed at 93f to 1. The Three per Cents. Reduced
and New Three per Cents. were quoted at 3 o'clock
98. The official business report is as} ollows :
Three per Cent. Consols, formoney, 93, # ; ditto,
for account, Wt ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
Lit 934, ; New Thr• per Cents., 931, 1,1 ; ditto,
Three-and-a-Ralf per Cents. ,100 ; Bank Stock, 247,
9 ; India Five per Cent. Stock, 1111, 124 ; ditto
Four per Cent., 1014 ; ditto, Five per Cent.
" enf aced " rupee paper, 103; ditto Bonds, 40a. to
45e. prem.
Indian government securities were steady.
The foreign stock market was Hatter to-day, and
prices gave way in numerous cases, owin to specu-
lative realisations. Spanish Deferred, Sardrmsn,
and Turkish of 1854 declined 1 per cent. ;
Brazilian and Peruvian of 1865, ; Turkish of
1862 and 1865 (Six per Cents.), as well as the Orel-
Vitebsk Railway Loan, 4 ; Greek, Spanish New
Three per Cents., and Italian of 1861, ; Mexican
and Turkish of 1866 (Five per Cents.), t ;
and Greek coupons and Portuguese scrip, ;
Danubian, however, rose 1 to 14 per cent. t o
Egyptian Railway Loan, 1 ; and the Viceroy of
Egypt's Loan, and Spanish Three per Cents., 1.

MINISS.-(THIS DAY.)

Ora ollsoca?

There is a fair amount of business in the mining
market to-day, and pries* are steady. Great Vor
shares aro quoted 20} to 211 ; North Crofty, 3} to
i ; North Treakerby, 325. id. to 355.; Prince of
Wales, 625. Bd. to 83s. tkl.; Wheal Seton, 85 to
90 ; Drakewalls, 151. to 145.; West Drakowalls,
Bs. to 10s. ; New Lovell, i to } ; East Lovell,
8t
to 1 ; West Chiverton, 67 to 68; and Chivertn
Moor, 61 to RI.
In the market for foreign and colonial mining
shares the principal feature is a fall of no less than
111. inSt.John del Itey,upon the receipt of very un-
favourable advice, with respect to the recent Sre at
the company's mines. The present price is 20 to 22.
Don Pedro are quoted 2} to i prem. ; Angle-
Brazilian, par to } prem. ; Pcetarena, } dis. to
Ipar ; Chuntalea, par tot prem.; Hosea Grande, par
to A prem. • Anglo-Italian, par to } prem. ; United
Mexican, l'l2 to 1 ; Froutino and Bolivia, i to 1 ;
Port Phillip, li to ii, ex div. ; Central American,
} dis. to par ; and Anglo-Argentine }to } prem.
Creditors of the Caenowydd Colliery Company
(Limited) are required to send the particulars of
L their claims to Messrs. Laurence, Hardwick°, and
I Co., the solicitors for the liquidators, by the 22nd
instant.
Creditors of the Llanfair Green and Blue Slate
Company (Limited) are required to send the par-
ticulars of their claims to the liquidators by the
10th of March.
At the meeting yesterday of the Lucy Phillips
Gold and Silver Mining Company, the report and
accounts were adopted.

[For to-day'a Share Leta see pap 4.]