The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-19 00:00:00

THE NEW METROPOLITAN RAILWAYS.

The select committee on the North-London Rail-
way (Brauch to the City) Bill (ELL.), report "that the
number of houses inhabited by the labouring clamed, sad
over which compulsory power is .ought by the bill, is 492
and the number of families, averaging from four to Ave
persons, is 1,0'23, or from 4,000 to 5,000 persons, That, to
remedy as farm possible the evil ariaing fmm soLarge a displace.
merit, the committee have inserted a clause providing that
the railway company shall run a cheap train, morning and
evening, from the Liverpool-street terminus to Kiapland,
at such hours as shall be convenient for the working clam
proceeding to their new homes, and returning to their ac-
customed daily labour; and the committee have further to
report to the house that this displacement will not be Mini&
taneous, but will probably be spread over a considerable
period of time. The committee have gone through the bill,
and have directed the same to be reported to their lordships
with some amendments."

In the case of the Metropolitan Railway the committee
report that as only 22 houses occupied by the labouring
ammo will be removed they do not deem it necessary to
make any special provision in the bill. Tim latter is the case
also with the West London Extension Railway Bill, and
the Edgware, Highgate, and London Railway Bill. The
Hammersmith, Paddington. and City Junction Railway, the
committee report, will afford "a speedy and convenient
communication to those of the labouring classes who are
employed in some of the densely-populated parts of the
metropolis, but whose residence is in the suburban dis•
tricts with which the railway communicates."

A parliamentary return states that from the year
1845 to the year 1855, both inclusive, 157,485 summonses in
bastardy were issued in the counties of England and Wake.
124,218 applications were heard ; 107,776 orders made ; and
15,981 orders refused.

The Rev. Mr. 'Sennett, the well-known vicar of
Frame, has published a pamphlet in which he strongly
advocates the total abolition of church-rates. Compulsory
payments for religious services he declares to have been the
invention of an age " when reverence, enthusiasm, and
truth had died away, and the world began to introduce into
Christianity its own subjects, as a matter of formal obligor
Con rather than of spiritual privilege."

. _
A scene rather unusual in a Scotch 'University
took placsoa Saturday at the installation of the Lord Rector
of the University of Abonleen. Two gentlemen were put
forward for the rectorship, and through the peculiarity of
voting by nation., Mr. Maitland, the Solicitor-General for
Scotland, the meet unpopular candidate, apparently was
elected. The " scene "at the installation was most disor•
derly. There was a complete tight between the professor
and the students, and the " tnst Nation " was quite a no•
mina! thing.

Ou Saturday tho Emperor Napoleon went to
visit the three establishments of M. (kalillot, in the Rue
Rocbechonart and the Rue Turmt, where large quantities
of supplies are being manufactured fur the army. The
Emperor, on leaving, gave a sum of 3,0001 r. to be divided
among the workmen.

The Arnuntia of Turin, the ultra-clerical organ,
&nommen that one of its editors is going to proceed to
Rome, in order to lay at the feet of the Supreme Pontiff •
large cheat Oiled with valuables, and the sum of 64,000 fr.,
collected during the two first months of the present year.
The same journal asserts that the Popo has received 5001.
I offered by " the garages of Australia 1"

To-morrow, March 20th, a solemn Requiem Mass
for the repose of the souls of these who were slain on the
25th and 27th of February, In Warsaw, will be celebrated
at the Church of the Assumption, Warwick-street, Golden.
square, at 11 a.m.
EMANCIPATION OF THE RUSSIAN SERFS.—Last
night the exterior of Orset House, Westbourneterrsce, the
residence of the well-known Russian patriot Alexander
Herren, was illuminated io honour of the great event which
so powerfully affects the condition of his countrymen.
THE BUNNING OF THE SARDINIAN LEOATION AT
CONSTANTINOPLE.—AI•out 4 o'clock on Sunday morning
fire broke out in one of the rooms of the house occupied by
the Sardinian minister, in the Rue Tepantsiti, and spread no
rapidly, in spite of all efforts to overcome it, that in a few
hours the whole mansion was gutted from basement to
roof. So quickly, indeed, did the flames engulph room after
room, that General and blholame Durand° and the per/sand
of the legation hail barely time to effect their individual
escape, leaving eletheat furniture, books, documents. and
everything • prey to the devouring element. In alines
to the usual municipal and other fire-eatgiurs, which arti°ol
speedily on the spot, the powerful engine of the Britah
embassy *Fed with admirable effect from the palace Pas
dens and contributed by the vast volume of water which
it poured into the burning mass to confine the flames to the
scene of its outbreak. Happily the house—which beloored
to Mr. Zarin—wax of stone, and the mischief was therefore
the more easily kept from extending to the neighbourisit
buildings, some of which, in the rear, arc of wood. Tel
calmness of the morning also contributed to the same fey'
tunate result. Tito origin of the catunity in twill to be VIP
known ; tint an investigation will of mune be held which
will probably reveal it. —Lerma Ileraltl.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAT.)
•
EQUITY 04 tl; RT.
(liefiee the Master of the Rolla.)
r. In.owett„
se. • email cage. which was argued someday'
Mr. H. nier and Mr. Everitt for the
thi. Follett and Mr. Charles Hall for the de.
t The object of it was to obtain the opinion of
of ',11+41 Use quiNtiou whether under A will olvV1•11:1g
o • mining ilistriet in strict settlement with the
'ale and etchange the trustees wine
01. nutter the ismer of sale, to sell laud, reserving
n.! nolo i, thertuuder. There was no eaFess
•i on the 401411 in the settlement, by which. how•
toinint for life was made unimikaCkable od wade.
tl t•tcr of the Roll. observed, in givio;
the punt We, quite new. and u0t0uh,....1
• ; but It W 44 flett!Wil that under a similar power
. -ohl ad bold without the timber. Ili. Honour
led that Loth upon priori.le and authority the
lion; miner:dig was sot a id, and therefore
t to spported.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Befory Mr. Cremadsekeeer Evans.)
IN lir NTIIIMS.-41;DLIMENT.
1""k"Pt, a etieeWOMlglir, Snow•hill, recently
,1 for hi. certitieete, and wan oppoeid, oo the gniund
• be bail tamale in areoninnabition hill., The
t. were ; : crul.•
Itonour now gave vidgtacht. lie onsuiered that the
itexin.t the bankrupt we-. prove.' and that the 0,101,
•• • taintiPle the woo a. Ft torte Hun:mead Pi De
Wei). The rertia. it, oweond dive) would there-
4uxpeuiled for one s Crr,w,tL pr,tvvth,n.
3lesets. Flux end r:;le. were for the avugnees, end Mr.
rasa for the bankrupt. The accounts were prepared by
11 o“re. Hare brothers and Ilev les.

IN Rl' %MC.

The bankrupt WAS A breoneetavernaker. of Kiegatrect,
tlerkenerlL The arroenta, prepared be Mr. Smart, show
.b.bc* of 40;1/. :ee.ete estioutted at 1.1.V.i
rerther anNeente le•ing required by the mimes, an ad.
arueleat tbe examination w.Aa ordered.
IN

Th.. 4inkropt wax a gnwer of Lougarrr, Drury.lanr, and
.11.om-Ar-dr,et, l'orent•garden. Ile owes '4,2411., and
,r.re' Iwamoto of 2.t:30t.
Lunklater opposed. on the grouted that the accounts
'or., We re un.ati.dactory,
.whournment for two month* was ordered.
(Befog., Mr (oenntioOomer Fontdeolue.)
Ix RI: AALVINUTON •\D CLUTTIRIitCIC.
• • • . .

The hankrupta were leather drawn, ..f Bermondsey. This
eertifi....te meeting. Debts, Al 7 f. ; liabilities, :1011/. ;
t.. returued at about :111110/.
Mr. Butler .maimed for the assigesies on the ground that
K.nkrupts Lid destroyed some of their books, and muti-
falsified othere, in such a way that it wee imp*.
Dow whether they had accounted for all their pro-
f' dr,
flutterback was examined. He said they had been in
tone or four years. Ile had nothing to do
wth the biaMe. Skevington kept them, but he had
...vs. to them. A book covered with white
z..releuent hiol been deetroyed. He last saw it
...k after the bankruptcy. Believed it had been
Isitroyol by Mrs. skevingtoe. Slievitigtoei ashl he was
;meg to give it ui. to the official aasignee. Witness told
Im he had betti.r not, as it had nothing to do with the
sA W, awl he hail mutilated it some time before. It was then
&Arm& The book commenced in January, 1M ltd.
Vivre were torn out at rage 7 from the book produced.
Tb. omum was the account had been entered on the wrong
At page there wee an alterativeof a date. Dia
,el kens bv whew the alteration had been made. The
wreak; was 'like Mr. likevington's. Hail no doubt that it
see has. Thera was an alteration M the 11,ading of the
roast. The alteration was made bemuse SONO geed*
whidi they had usilertaken to furnish to Mr. Freeman were
• Nv•Illiel u tome.

I:, Mr. Mailer tll the entries in the white beak bed
Nee ri pied into the one now produced. This wee dame
i.c.oise the white hook was dirty: it wee ie • bossily
.tote. set it to he shown to anybody. There was so Wks-
mei to theme anyone.
4116.141660 was ales elantisied,and gave the some amount
f the ecipyies of the entries trim the white bask to the
red beck and of the deetivedee of the farmer. He as-
wood the same mime -the Maly elate of the white
lash. He swore that the whale of the NNW were copied,
and that there was Do intention to deceive arq ewe. Wanes
pima gi.iou up the white book to the Mara amigeee,
bag his partner aid it was of no we, se all the entries were
&viol he. the other hook. He then told kis wife to sue it
ler lightly! the ire.
Altar badge Hr. Bagley for the bankrupts.
Nis Home said it was sot a case fee refusal, bat reopen.
gee of the eartillwite. This was celled fur by the figures
ei the hams* Awl. The drawler of the bank.
mob had bees eseeseivw The charge of mutilating and
esemi76lllheeke was a very grave owe; hat there was so
Mime hese to show that it lid hewn dews to deceive the
widiters. The heek•keepiai hod hese eeefessedly imper-
fect awl ire ap The rondo.* (third elawr)would be sus.
railed tor eh monthsitar from the date of the last examine-
ber.

Or n ininons.
Tb.
Imakiept WAS as inialmerchast, et Northasoptce.
eas the eanderhe Dobts, 2,011& ; sae*
PM.

Honour ebeenria( that the bnekx had been baaly
hot. p • the gertilcate (third gleam) for six oluatha.
Olden I& t7aamk>io•er Belfeyd.)
IX II T. T. CLAIM

no, kaaketipt, a I;;lkTerc4AltriensaleatraaC applied
tor AO widest& Liabilities, 1,51:101. ; me* about Ma
yr.Lasit=so malgueas. *Wel WA the bankrupt
had toweled at • km ; bad aim was ao opposi-
tion, as thareutire may faveluatila Wore Is the was,
Ikautt% abnarving that dr lanakrupt had comaisond
sit a haul
claw amtilak, pistol • arlitiaarat of the mond

CO.V.VERCIAL 114NX OP LONDON.-( THIS DAY.)

A special general meeting of the shareholders
was held at 10 o'clock, at the Bank, Lothbury, for the pur-
pose of ow.iilering the agreement entered into with the
Loedon and Westminster Bank. Mr. MARK HUNTER pre-
sided

The advertisement convening the meeting having been
read,

The ('marxa.us read the report of the directors. After
an espreaoion of extreme regret at the disaster which had
befallen the Lank, it said that information having been re-
ceived at a late hour on the evening of Friday, the
rithof February, that the book had been robbed by a ledger
clerk, at Ilentietta-street, named Darden, to the amount
67.000/., steps were at once taken to summon all the
directors in or near London fur the following morning. At
' that meeting, aft r coma hat bin with the solicitor and manager
of the lank, it was determined that, as it was the first duty
of directors to protect their customers against the run
which seemed inevitable, it was desirable to seek assis-
tance in some shape from one of the London
joint-stock banks. The London and Westminster
beats the largest of them, negotiations were at once
opened with the directors of that establishment, and
they agreed to advance a sum not exceeding 1,000,000/.
to meet the liabilities, the directors undertaking as
far as might be in their power to induce
the customere to transfer their accounts to the London and
Weatniinster Hank. The continuance of the bank after what
had occurred would, no doubt, have been attended with an
immediate run; and the directors believed, look log at the result
of the run in 1856, when the deposits were reduced
from 1,500,000/. to 800,04.101.—a reduction which had
not since been recovered—a second run would have left
the lank, at its termination, no business worth preserving-
The winding-up of the bank musthave left them in the same
position, and they would have had to pay a heavy pries far
that which now cost them nothing. The course pursued
hail, in the judgment of the board, saved the company from
los., moiety, and : and it was Dot agreed to until other
proposals had been made aad rejected. After stating that
it was intended to move the appointment of a committee of
shareholders, the report referred to the liabilities and assets.
On this subject it said that while on the one hand the
directors would regret to state anything calculated to pro-
duce an unfavourable impression, they must, having
regard to the notorious uncertainty attending the realisation
of assets under the circumstances in which the bank was
now placed, guard themselves against making any statement
I which might create expectations that would not be realised.
They would therefore confine themselves to the expression
of a hope that the shareholders' capital would be returned
to them in fr'l.

The CHAIRMAN then read the proposed agreement with
the London and Westminster Bank, the substance of which
bad previously become public. He then laid before the
meeting a report of Mr. Jay, the actuary, with
regard to the amount of the lanes arising from Dur-
den'a frauda, from which it appeared that the gross amount
was 14,9921. 7s. Rd.

Mr. CUTBILL (the manager) read a balanceaheet of the
assets and extending up to the evening of
the 15th of March. From this it appeared that
the amount due to the customers of the bank had
Lees reduced to ttt9,lloo/., and that the total liabilities,
including what was due to the Loudon and
Westminster Dank, were only about 470,001 N., against
which there were 'wets to the amount of 717,690/.
This statement was received by the meeting with marked
satisfaction.

Mr. Cu rear. added that he had every reason to be-
lieve that within two months from that date the bank
would be entirely out at debt, Whether to the London and
Westminster Hank, or to customers. (Chem.)
The CHAIRMAN then moved a resolution confirming the
arrangement entered into provisionally by the board with
the directors of the London and Westminster Hank.

Mr. names escooded the resobatioa, which, after soma
discussion., was agreed to.

ATM minting had oot tennisated when our report left.]