The Express.
London, England, 1868-08-06 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION.

BlisnrcTlFE FLOoDS IN BA ['TIMOR&

GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.

Arcomts from Baltimore to the •24th July give
:he re•• "tiara of a rain-fall so heavy asto cause great de-
•trurti..n life and property. It began on that date,
.m 1 a I rtion of the city soon became inundrite.t. In some
-ti,cts in the neighbourhood of the Centre Market
the doors of the stores were under water, and for
„early ..'Ao hours the flood rose at the rate of two
.-• minute. On many of the wharves south of Platt.
trret, F.ills to Frederick.street, the water wassere-
rm fr.•t • p A city passenger car was swept from the
tuck .) -street down Harrison-street, with a number
There was no communication between the
• astern .1„i western portions of the city, and there was
.con....;inication south by telegraph, all the lines being
:own. Nu such flood has ever been known here.

The II sal seems to have fallen as rapidly as it rose, and
't was no. until it had sub-ided that any reliable estimate
ould be formed of the damage done. At 10 o'clock,
however. the same night it was calculated at 3,000,000
dollars. Hundreds of stores were submerged, and many
liogshesi.. of mulaases on the wharves and sugar in
waiehou were entirely destroyed. A number of
Istildings and stores were undermined, and damaged. Den.
rucad's foundry and Bentley's iron works were partly
wept assay. The gas works supplying the eastern part
the city were Anhwei gsal, and that section was without
• that night.

A td..gram from Ellicott City (formerly Ellicott's
74414) r,ported the granite mills carried away, and sixty
liven :0.4. Dr. Owens' entire family, except himself, were

OrILDFORD ASSIZES.-(THIS DAE)

IMPORTANT SPORTING ACTION.
(Before Yr. Baron Martin and a Special Jury.,
RAIDING V. VALINTRUS AND ANOTHER.

This was an action brought by a gentleman,
a ell known on the turf and the owner of several race-
, •raes, to recover compensation or damages from the de-
7.ndants, Moors. Valentine and Wright, who carry on an
stensiv• business as betting commission agents, for
awing posted him as a defaulter at the last Derby race at
I
Serjcant Ballantine, Mr. Garth, Q.C.,and Mr. Hill
e.re counsel for the plaintiff ; and Mr. awkins, Q.C.,
1 Mr. Thcsiger appeared fur the defendants.
This (*Vie created a good deal of interest in sporting
•,•10,, and the action arose under the following carctua-
. • .llcelt—The plaintiff, who had formerly been an officer
army, resided a good deal at Paris, and he devoted
deal of attention to the turf, and it appeared that
, -,-sionsly to the last Derby he had hadsome bets with Mr.
I , ta.,,, a 1,0 was the agent for the defendantsat Paris, and a
• sil ',lance was due front him to them, but it had never
.1, ,ipp!ied for, and upon one occasion the plaintiff
••• rid to lay the amount to Mr. Valentine, but he told
• • a a of no consequence us he had not got his book
•i. Inn snit could not tell the exact amount. The
.Tool then made some further bets with him
. 1, t 1,,, Derby, and as the race turned
• 1.•• would have had to claim 2:i/. from
.' 7. La:infs. He went to the Derby merely for amuse.
t did not g,o into the betting-ring, and to his
a few days afterwards ho discovered that
naauts, on the morning of the Derby, had
, i Lim as a defaulter, and the consequence
71, .t he was very coldly received at the
abort he was a member, and would also have
tiled from running his horses at Ascot
..iwood, and he was subjected to a great
•.1 0, is Imolai annoyance until the matter was
!-,mid The defendant, Mr. Valentine, appeared
I: occasion to have expressed his regret at
7 1...1 happened, and promised to make au
• 1.. d this was never done, and the present ac-
a instituted. Serjeant Dallantine
..•• .1 rt..t. of course, the only object his client tad in
• a a,- t•. char his character from the imputations that
1.., ist upon it.
7he plaintiff was examined and he proved the above
• . and also stated that there was not the slightest
for posting him as a defaulter, as he was a man
• o.p tty. and quite in a position to pay the original
• • 17 he had been asked for them.
All. Dawkins, at the close of the case, admitted that he
1,1 not justify the defendants' conduct, and ho con-
to make an apology and to withdraw all imputations
• I. the plaintiff. _ .

rienitt Ballantine expressed himself satisfied with this
ro• being adopted.
%erdiet was then taken for the plaintiff, with 40s. div-
es, and the learned judge certified for a special jury.

NADON AND COILN:TY BANK-12MS DAY.)

The half-Tearly meeting of shareholders was
I in the City Terminus Hotel, Cannon-street; Mr.
I Loan in the chair.

Ih, following le the directors' report :
directors, in submitting to the proprietors the

i.e.-sheet of 'the bank for the half-iea; ending the
• . iline last, have the pleasure to report that, after
• .iig all charges, and interest to customers, and making
....en for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits
'spit to 72,16.5/. 12e. 6d. This sum, added to ‘,BlO/.
brought forward from the lust account, produces
.1 7:076/. Bs. Bd. They have declared the usual
of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 2 per cent. for
free of income tax (equal to 16 per cent.
• .I.lium), which will absorb 75,884/. ss. 4d., and leave
Id. to be carried forward to profit and loss new
The dividend and bonus (together 1/. 12s. per
• • will be payable at the head office, or at any of the
on and after Monday, the 17th instant.
.pital„ 1,000,0001.; instabnentsunpeid, not yet due,
I - ..15'.1.996/. Reserve fund, 600,000/.; instalments un-
'tart due, 40,0041.-469,908 E Amount due by the
customers' balances, Ac., 12,004,4771. be. bd.;
lilies. ,m acceptances, covered by guarantees and seen-
• 1.6;4011/. 9e., .11d.-13,680,7941. lbs. 4d. Profit
loss balance brought from last account, 7,81 W
: gross profit for the half-year, after mak-
' riivi si.o for bad and doubtful debts, 218,02.51.
:1/41 —2-14,836/. 9s. 11d. Total, 16,326,6231. bs.

Ity caNlt ou hand at head office, and branches, and
•1. Rank of England, 1,818,601/. la 9d. ; cash placed at
mut at notice, covered by securities, 1,378,087/.
;1,1. :;,196.588/. 19s. 7d. Investments, viz.: Govern-
! guaranteed stocks. 1,147,106!. 4s. Bd. ; other
:a4.1 securities, 60,6381. 10s. 8d.—1,207,6441. 16s. 4d.
iautisl bills, and advances to customers in town and
Neeti,o3Bl. fis. 7d. ; liabilities of customers for
• ipted by the bank Ow per contra), 1,676,317 L
K 662,3.151. 16s. 6d. Freehold premises in Lom-
•!•strivt and Nicholas-lane, freehold and leasehold

at the branches, with fixtures and fittings,
Is. ud ; interest paid to customers, 33,029/.
d. ; salaries and all other expenses at head office
..lanehes, including income-tax on profits and gala-
-101;2074 Ifis. 9d. ; total, 16,326,6234 Ls. 3d.
and loss account :—Tointerestpaidtocustomers,
33,0'19/. 16e. Bd.; to expenses, as above 101,2071.
. to rebate on bills not due, carried to new ac-
. 11.1;21/. It,. 10d. ; to dividend, of 6 per cent., for
' c.ar. 66,913/. 4s. ;to bonus of 2 per cent. 18,9714
t., balance carried forward, 40921. 3s. 4a.; total,
116. By balance brought forward from last
uut, 7,8101. 16s. 2d. ; by gross profit for the half-year,
making provision for bad and doubtful debts,
at. 13s. 941. ; total, 226,8361. 9s. lid."
he CHAIRMAN. in moving its adoption, said that
ough the dividend for the half-year, which was at the
of 16 per cent. per annum, was smaller than usual,
',Alert-41 the state of their affairs was, on the whole,
atorr. The profits of banking usually followed the
decount at the Bank of England, and they could
1, .t to make so much profit when the bank
discount was 2 per cent. as they did
• a was at I per cent. It was unpre-
• I iti the monetary history of this country
rate should have continued at an average of
for more than twelve months. When the
' • r!oney was high, they divided 26, 24, and 20 per
N-w they only divided 16 per cent. But under the
• •,,e, s they would consider that satisfactory.
, r.)
I, having been seconded the report was

. Ar(.l.s.r 6.—The Transatlantic Coin-
' • 0... k:urepe, from New York, arrived here
.• 7 1,, :she brings 144 passengers, and 627,t21
' •

. and Mrs. Disraeli left town for
AI • 1,. tr. High Wycomb. Before leaving the
• man paid a visit to Mr. Mayan's studio,
• 1. and 111./1110 fine photographs were taken.
• rat meeting of the Town Council of
,•. I were adopted to the effect that the
the rite be offered to Lord Napier of Magdala,
Lnnes T. Simpson, Bait, Professor of Mid-
. •Se University of Edinburgh.
i l ul,lic meeting of shareholders of the
2. • 1c..1-therri counties Railway 1001. has been
•,1.-..riptiou to the fund to purchase an annuity
••, I,
fed...l-min Davis landed in Liverpool on
h. fact of his being a perenger on board the
r Austrian, Captain ylie, was known to a
• who sympathised most actively in the
M. and preparations were made by them to
e, ' The news that Mr. Davis was on board had
Mat rapidity, and by the time the Austrian
-dile the quay-wall a considerable crowd had
' 'l. mid they. cheered the ea-president as he landed
t.k Ids Peat in Mr. Medley's carriage, as well as
lea, started. The corti"ge drove at once to
Pau Hotel.