The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-25 00:00:00

THE COURT

The Queen, Prince Albert, and the Princess Royal rode
on horseback on Monday morning, accompanied by Prince
Frederick William of Prussia. The Right Hon. Charles
Pelham Villiers, Judge Advocate General, had an audience
of the Queen in the afternoon, and submitted to her
Majesty the proceedings of some court-martial. The
Prince of Wales rode on horseback, and Prince Leopold
took a drive in an open carriage and four. Prince
Frederick William of Prussia visited Prince Oscar of
Sweden on Monday, at Claridge's Hotel. Prince Albert
and Prince Frederick William of Prussia rode on horse-
back in the afternoon. Her Majesty and the Prince
Consort honoured the performance of the Philharmonic
Concert with their presence in the evening. Her
Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied by
the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess
Alice, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia. The
Royal party and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting,
occupied six of the Queen's carriages, and left Bucking-
ham Palace at five minutes before eight o'clock.

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BANKING COMPANY

The fifteenth annual general meeting of this company
was held at the bank, in Old Broad-street, yesterday.
Mr. Divett, M.P., in the chair. The report stated
that the bank continued to exhibit a sound condition,
and to maintain its position in public confidence. The
past year, however, had shown important fluctuations in
the trade of South Australia. The failure of the harvest
in 1854, had rendered necessary importation of grain,
the markets for manufactured goods had been over-
stocked, and commercial affairs had been very inactive.
Owing to these and other circumstances, the income of
the bank had diminished, while there had been increased
expenditure in the management at Adelaide. After
paying 10 per cent to the reserved fund, which now
reached £49,312, there would remain upon the year's
transactions a profit of £34,957, which enabled the
directors to recommend a dividend of 10 per cent per
annum clear of income tax. In conclusion, the report
stated that there was ample evidence to believe that a
satisfactory business would continue to be transacted by
the company.
The Chairman moved, and Admiral Morell seconded,
the adoption of the report ; the former observing that the
operations of the past year had been confined to ordinary
banking, hence they were not able to present quite so
flourishing an account as when they made profits on the
purchase of bullion equal to £lOO,OOO in two years.
In answer to a variety of questions, the chairman stated
his belief that before long it would be desirable very
considerably to increase their capital. The last exten-
sion had proved so profitable, that he believed they
would ultimately have to increase it to the extent per-
mitted by the deed, namely, £500,000. The nature of
the exchanges promised to become a very profitable
business.

The motion was unanimously agreed to.
On the proposition of Mr. Grant, the 10 per cent,
dividend was carried.

The retiring directors and auditors were re-elected,
and the proceedings terminated with a vote of thanks to
the chairman and the board,

VISIT OF THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—It is expected
that his Majesty, the King of the Belgians would leave
Brussels yesterday for England. It is expec'ed that his
Majesty will be absent about a fortnight.

CORONERS COURT.—Yesterday an inquest was held on
the body of John Carron, the particulars of whose death
appeared in this journal of yesterday, when a verdict of
accidental death was returned.

SUSPECTED CASE OF POISONING.—A seaman named John
Johnstone, belonging to the ship Caravan, now lying in
the lluskisson dock, is supposed to have taken poison on
board the vessel before reaching this port. On the arrival
of the ship the unfortunate man was removed by Police
Constable 622 and some of the crew, about six o'clock
yesterday morning to the Northern Hospital, where he
expired in about five hours and half after his admission.

THE RECENT CASE OF DROWNING OF A BOY FROM TO
WORKHOUSE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOLS.—On the 9th instant)
a boy was drowned while bathing in the canal, and at the
inquest held on the body it appeared that he had been an
inmate of the Workhouse Industrial Schools. In order
that no blame should rest upon the manager of these
schools in the public mind for any supposed carelessness,
an explanation was elicited by Mr. Jackson at the vestry
meeting of yesterday, by which it appeared that the
deceased boy was one of the party of three lads who
absconded from the schools a day or two previous to the
event, and were all bathing in the canal when it occurred.
It was also stated that every convenience requisite for
bathing purposes was provided for the inmates of the
schools under the management of the officers.

ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.—On Monday, Mr. and Mrs.
Florence, from the United States, appeared at this house.
Mrs. Florence is a lady of undoubted talent, her capabilities
are most varied, but her crowning excellence is in the
depiction of what is known among our American cousins, as
the "Yankee Gal," i.e., a rather strongly coloured likeness
of the unsophisticated liveliuess which is supposed to
characterise them, " she critturs," " raised" in New Eng-
land. The character is, in itself, very racy and interesting,
but it attains a new and elevated position from the
" unction" with which Mrs. Florence gives forth all its
oddities—chattering, singing (?) and dancing by turns, but
with an abandon and ease, which is refreshing amidst
the usual " staginess" of the stage. The pieces are evidently
of transatlantic manufacture, and are slight in the extreme,
the improbabilities of the stage being out-herodad in every
way, but we forgive the vehicle, for the sake of the
excellencies it bears to us. Mr. Florence essays the Irish
man with tolerable success, but he cannot be compared with
the excellencies we have known in this line. All who
wish
a hearty laugh, and would like to witness a new phase in
drama' is things, should see the Florences while they stay.

REFOUMATORY INSTITUTIONS.—Yesterday, Mr. Booth
and Mr. Anderson, two of the borough magistrates, sat in
the Grand Jury Room of the Sessions House, Chapel-
street, for the purpose of hearing a number of summonses
issued under the new Juvenile Reformatory Act, against
persons who had neglected or refused to pay for the sup-
port of such of their children as had been committed to
reformatories. Mr. W. Morgan, one of the honorary
secretaries of the Warwickshire and Birmingham Refor-
matory Institution, and who has been appointed by the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, to act as
his agent, in taking proceedings for the enforcement of
parents' contributions towards the maintenance of chil-
dren detained in the different reformatories throughout
the Midland, Oxford, and Western circuits, appeared in
support of the summonses. In some of the cases, the
extreme poverty of the parents was made so clear, that
for the present they were exempted ,from any contribu—
tion ; but, in other cases, where it was proved that the
fathers were in good employment, and earning certain
Wages, orders for sums ranging from is to 3s 6d per week
were made on them. The magistrates, at the same time,
gave them clearly to understand that the reformatory
institutions were not intended as nurseries for children,
but so long as the children were kept in them, the parents
were liable for their support, and that in that respect the
provisions of the act would be st rictly enforced against
them. "In no case, except in that of extreme poverty,
could they expect
.to they were told, " exempted
from this charge."