The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-08 00:00:00

tOtT AIN %FT!' torrEu sruiDr.

Mar!. Ara 5.,11,, • girl 17 rears of age, awl late .errant
in the family of a muter baker, at gritton.hill, wan
hrouglat before the 1100. C. Norton, for hual eiamiiia-
two, um • charge of attempting arlflourder by rwalluvring
a etroog .be of white precipitate prowler.
Vroon the evideace it appecrwl that the priwmer used to
liv• with her parrut• at Mtepery, and there (oinked an
attiwberwat to • youthful clocker. Tbe ft-pentium from her
!sorer it wrouork nod sot bie; Aida. to are Imo no often a.
.h. Jeurr..l, became • ...arm .4 inert grief to the primmer,
Lot she made up for the lore by cootinihally writing
the youth. Ha the day of her making the rash
attempt she received • ktter from the young toss re-
.,uestiag her. is peremptory and any thin but loving terms,
le.t to annoy him with say more letters ; for, if .be
hi. rammer, who complained of his reoetvia4 kitten at
sit, mietileive loin the sack. Thus aelitadases she
ar kieowles kw! ;uremia...l her to sell•destractiea, which
.h• would re aciromplielreil bad she mot bees promptly
*ekes to the Mental awl medically attended to. When
last before Mr. Coml.. that asseistrate haamaely directed
that she should be Permeated fur a areek, mid that her cam

should he temeght under the especial notice of tie. Rev.
Mr. Jess", the gaol chaptrus, awl this being Jaw, .his
WWI Imot Li.. 1411 i up fur final eternisation.
Mr. N.4t.m et preemad hope that the attention and es-
Inststeme or t►e rev. gentlemen had the desired effect, awl
a.. 14 the primmer the wee much too young to think at mach
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prmser, who expressed =melt contrition, mid she
rhould rover think .4 re...h au art .run, aml was swim op
to her mother and friends.

LATEST CITY BETTING.

(nor oint OPICIA I. COMIERPONDENT.
"A VILEVi ()FYI( 'E. Marc o'et.nrt.
Ttw nerwd l'ity Muni* of the bettin ; fraternity were
Dearly .I...tried to-day. and the lick Letting which dal
Lao plan. •ar to suds tntling anbouets thAt • risotation
would ho nom likely mamboed the rawler than indicate the
tree to.. of the market.

GREAT EASTERN SNIP COMPANY.
(MS DAY.)

This day aspecial meeting of the .harrholdel

s►. hell et the leeidos T►eers, lir. BAKER is the chair.

Idr. Yam+, the secretary. rend a report, which briefly
n.•spitulated the history of the company and the ship since
the clot of May net tiU she met the accident which betel her
on the 111thof Aeptember last. Itappeared that 2.1.0001. would
be required to equip the ship and fit her for another voyage.
The repairs of the ship would cost about iii,e/01., and the
mete .1 the oompaoy were sufficient to meet that ex-
pire, Inn it web, require Z5,001:W. to fit her for a sew
voyage. CM the 11th of October the directors met t►e
prlanipal sharehoklera and it was resolved by them to raise
23.11001. b► ,lehinatures, bearing interest at the rate of 10 per
eenaosenrml by mortgage ors the ship. t/f that sum 17,,600/.
had hese subecnbed, sod above li3Ottlf. remained to be
Loire. The report °sprained the madames of the direc-
tors in the ultimate success of the ship.
Reports were also read giving an account of the damage
dime sod the mum of the mishap. The latter was attri-
buted by Mr. Peon to the imperfect welding of the rudder
bead plate.
The CuAtitmax said that it was a painful position to be
placed io. when after having reached the point of success
►e bail to appear before them with the report of disaster.
The moment this disaster occurred reports began to circulate
derogatory to the directors, who, it was mid, bad neglected
their duty. The direetonhadahataiessl up to the present time
from publishing any defeoos of their cosiduct. Ile would now
state that the directors hail taken every precaution that the
ship should make a suommeful voyage. But the fact waa,wbat-
ever betel the Great Pastern was immediately exaggerated.
Thai:net Eastern had no immunity horn mishap, but be
maintained that what bad happened only proved that the
ship was eminently calculated to be a safe and
mound winter ship. Accidents had befallen the Cunard
ships and the vessels of her Majesty's fleet, but
then smidgen were posed over in comparative silence.
The guanine now was what were they to do! Would
they subscribe the comparatively small sum which wee re-
quired to equip the ship anew, and At her for another
voyage, or would they sot! If they did not they must get
rki of the ship. He might mention that they had an offer of
150.0001. for the ship, but that proposition they did not
listen to for a moment. If the shareholders subscribed
the mosey which was bow required to relit the ship.
there would be a mortgage of tio,oool. upon her.
There was really therefore no risk run in sub-
scribing the model now asked foe. There could 60 so lOU
to theme who subscribed, because they had been offered
150,1100/. He would now leave the matter in the hands of
the sharalsolders, soil more that the report be adopted.
Captain H.tI..+TED said he concurred in the report
which had been read. and was pleased with the
oleervatioes of the chairman. He had still cond.
deuce in the success of the ship. The injury to the
AR/p, he believed, was correctly attributed to the curry-
lag away of the rudder heed ; but it was important
to ascertain whether the ship got into the traegh of the sea
after the resider had been carried away, or whether it had
bees carried away is esideavouriog to get her out of the
trough of the m►
The CHAIRMAN mad the report of Mr. Brefttio went to
show that after (our o'clock it was found that the vessel
went out of her mune, and did net obey the balm.
It was conjectured from this that the rudder had hew
taiga sway. A thorough investintioa would take plasm
before the ship was .ant on soother voyage.
Mr. Booms, their ht there should be a farther Inquiry
Into the camas of the sceideet.

Mr. TAILOR 41A Dot vials A to go forth that the
ship was autarky. He rather believed that the
ship was mismaaaged. He considered the widest
arose from the taesperimme of the captain, sad
from them beam so practical man at the board, for he die
lot tbnik Captain Caroni* was a pr.betical Irmo.
L'aptima emuAGA defereded himself from Um remark of
Mr. T.Alor.