The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-27 00:00:00

RILL.-(211118 D4L)

This morning morning the 190th half-yearly meeting
this charity was held at the London Tavern, the president,
John It. Mltts, Eq., in the chair.
The report was as follows .—" The committee of the
Orphan W orking School, is presenting their half-yearly ea-
port, have pleasure in stating that the health of the children
continues to be good; that the schools ate in excellent order,
and the educational departments well sustained. Mr. W. F.
Teethes, who had occupied the postilion of head master en-
tirely to the satisfaction of the committee having from
family considerations, left England for New Zeiland,
resigned his office, but hie :place in the school has been
filled by Mr. Saville, late of Carr's-lane School, Birming-
ham, who came with high testimonials from the
Rev. J. A. James and other gentlemen, end the com-
mittee have every reason to be satisfied with him. The
present number in the schools is 161 boys ; 741' ; 26
will be added as the result of the election this day.gir Fifty
children will be admitted in the school in 1858. The annual
examination took place, an announced, on the 27th of May,
when the Hun. Arthur %inward, M.l'., presided. As a
report of that examination has been sent to every governor
and subscriber to the charity, it is not given In detail. It
proved the excellent and useful character of the
education imparted to the children. A partial examin-
ation of the children was subsequently held at Willis's
Rooms, in cosmetics with a public meeting, at
which the Earl of Shaftesbury preeided, when,
among ether things, his lordship wee as to say
' This school has realised many of the projects end theorise
of those who were anxious to promote the education of the
working chums. It had, at the same time, tide advantage
over all other septa= proposed for the education of this
claret, that while the supporters of three were only talking
and endeavouring to mature their plane, this society was in
full and efficient operation, and had been so fee nearly a hun-
dred years. It had eolvecimany of the difficulties which be-
set the path of popular education. The religions element,
which was so great a barrier to all the echemes of education
recently propounded, seemed to have no effect as regarded
this *tool. It had, in effect, been got over, and the educa-
tion war a genuine secular and religious education. Reli-
gious in all senses of the word. . . . Besides tide, the school
had demonstrated the time which was required to qualify
this elms of children for being gent out into the world, in
order that they might enter on the business of life. From a
stetement put into hie hands by the secretary, he found that
of the last 600 children who hid left the school, 14 had been
there shove seven years; 108 above six years; 120 above
five years; 127 ebove four years; 99 above three years; and
only 32 seeder three years. After reeding the statement
relative to the work of the girl., his lordship concluded by
saying, ' Thet was a system which they had been all along
aiming at bringing into proper working order. This institu-
tion had certainly done so in an eminent degree, and now that
it was sinking an effort to extend its operation, he hoped it
would meet with the countenance and support of the public
The centenary fund has occupieda much of the attention of
the committee, and revered thousand circulars and papers
have been famed to the governors of the charity and others.
The result bee scarcely been equal to the expectations of the
committee, but they see no reason to doubt of ultimate
encase. Measures are being taken to call forth the liberality
of friend, in the country as the provinces largely participate
in the benefits of the charity. In come:ion with this move-
ment one cheering fact may be mentioned—vie , that some
of the old 'cholera hove formed an association for raising
contributions, and heve, during the lest few month", paid
over to your treasurer the sum of 26 guinea", and much
more may be expected from that rearm. They have
also formed an areociation for the relief of their
echoed mates, who may be in sickness and
distress, and one of their number hes attempted to form a
bible class for the youth among them. The committee are
much gratified by them pleasing results, and earnestly hope
that the greater advantages enjoyed by the children in the
school will teed yet Men to practical usefulness. The com-
mittee were entered to seal a power of attorney for the
sale of 7131. 6e. J. Consols since the last report, to carry on
the general operations of the charity."
The report having been adopted, auditors were appointed,
and after a vote of thanks to the chair, 26 children were
elected into the school out of a list of 110 candidates.

We (Nottingham Reeieu•) regret to state that the
Doke of Newcastle, whibt hunting with the Earl of Seer-
borough's hounds, near Hunan, on Thursday last, was
thrown from his horse, and falling on his elbow, dislocated
his shoulder. Fortunately two medical gentlemen were in
the field at the time, and his grace was carried to a cottage
where the fracture was reduced, &c., and ho was conveyed
home by Dr. Ward, of Wellow Hall. Early on the follow-
ing morning the duke started off to Nottingham to attend to
his official duties se Lord Lieutenant of the county of Not-
tingham. On Tuesday last their guests, the Duke end Du-
chess of Sutherland, who were on a vidt at Worksop Manor,
called to inquire after the duke's health.

The ioabgxeition of the Earl of Scarborough
(says the Nottingham Journal), consequent upon an acciden-
tal fall backwards in attempting to cross a ditch while out
shooting on the Longsbaw Moore, in August last, hits created
feelings of the deepest regret throughout the whole of this
district. By this lamentable disaster, the spine has, we un-
derstand, been severely injured. The advice of Dr. Fergu-
son and Dr. Bright, two eminent metropolitan physicians, has
been obtained. They have recommended that the noble earl
should refrain from the least exertion.

HIRAINORE C. THE EARL AND COUNTESS OP
HARRINOTON.-111 the MUM of a correspondence between
the Evl of Harrington and the Rev. P. J. Jones, which we
lately published, in relation to this prosecution, Mr. Barron,
of Elvuton Castle, near Derby, was accused by that rev.
gentleman of " much wilful misrepresentation, and some-
thing worse." We are glad to see by the local papers, that
Mr. Jones has thought it right to recal the imputation and '
publicly acquit Mr. Barren of the charge.
THE GOVERNOR AND THE EAST INDIA COM-
PANT.—We are happy to say that cts soon as parliament
meets for the despatch of general business the total abolition
of the Compsny's government will be proposed by ministers.
India will be brought immediately under the control of the
crown and parliament, with such a machinery of adminis-
tration as shall be thought conducive to its wrlfare. The
greatest dependency of the empire will receive the benefits of
direct parliamentary supervision and direct ministerial
responsibility.—timer.

THE BANK CRISIS IN GLASGOW.

GREAT PUBLIC MEETING.
(raw( OCR 0W74 CORRESPONDENT.)
GLASGOW, nit' ItADAt

A public meeting of the inhabitants of Glasgow,
added by the Lord Provost, wee held to-day for the purpose
of expressing their apprehension of the appalling conse-
quences of the final stoppage of the Western and City of
Glasgow Banks and their opinion of the public expediency of
maintaining these brake as well as to consider the propriety
of memorialising her Majesty's government on the subject.
The meeting was to have been held in the Merchants'.
ball, but long before the hour for beginning the
business had arrived it wee found necessary, from the
number of persons unable to procure edmisaion, to
adjourn to the City-hall, which was speedily tilled In every
part. The Hon. the Lord Paovosr took the chair and was
surrounded on the platform by many of the lead-
ing merchants and manufacturers of the city. Me

lordship, Ins short speech, opened the meeting, expressing
in strong terms hie opinion that the final stoppage of the
suspended banks would result in great calamity, not only to
the city, but the country generally; end supported his
opinions by statistics showing the number of depositors,
shareholders, and others, whose interests would suffer severe
damage by the winding up of those establishments.

Bheriff STEELE them rose and proposed the following
resolutions

...."
I.—Thrit the English Banking Act of 1844, by pro-
hibiting any new Bank of issue, established practically •
monopoly of the business of banking in Scotland in favour
of the then and now existing banks,—and the twines' of
Scotland, whether comrpercial or agricultural, which has in-
! creased prodigiously since 1845, would receive a violent
check were either the amount of capital now applied to
banking, or the paper issue, by which that business is almost
exclusively caned on, materially diminished, or even con-
centrated m the hands of a smaller number of powerful con
porations than at present."
"2. That the final stoppage and judicial winding-up of the
admire of the western and City teaks, two of our most exten-
sive local intake, would farther be • public calamity, se en-
tailing great loss upon the proprietors, and miene moonve-
nience to upwards of 60,000 depositors, and ruining,aC
number of manufacturing and commercial Ironsce thro out
Scotland, who have been doing their balances in these
and their branches, and who, although perfectly solvent if
afforded the usual banking facilities, could not, if suddenly
forced into liquidation, realise means suffi-ient to meet their
engagements.'
In supporting his motion, the learned sheriff made a num-
ber of n marks expressing disapprobatien of the syrtem of
monopoly established by the act of 1844. He characterised
the restrictive act as a most absurd and pernicious measure,
Illustrating the compulsory bullion reserve se being like com-
pelling a gardener to lay up in his garner one seed for every
two he pleated in his garden. Then the act provided that if
business extended the proportion of reserve must be increased
so that the act had either done too much or too little, for if
further restriction could be good for the new, it must also
have been good for the old circulation. He referred to the
Scotch Chartered banks, charecterising them as being
chartered to do mischief, and called upon the public
to take such reps as would bring the con-
ductors of those banks to sea the danger of the
course pursued by them in throwing obstacles in the
way of the resuscitation of the suspended banks. In conclu-
ding, he expressed in very strong terms the greet loss which
would accrue to the shareholders, many of whom were wi-
doses and the trustees for orphans, by the wind-
ing up of the concerns. The legal expenses of
such • step would be very heavy and he
hoyed and believed that the public would give the
bank every 'madame to keep themselves out of the hands
of the men of law.

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ALEXANDER MORMON, Esq., Deen:of the Tamil'. of
Procurators, seconded the motion, which was carried ottani-
measly.
Mr. SMITH, of Jordanhill, then moved the following re-
solution, which having been seconded by Baillie CLOtSTON.
wee also carried unanimously That the ultimate security
of the creditors of these two banks cannot be doubted ; and
the first thing requisite to enable these establishments to se-
same businese, and so avert the evils already described, is
the restoration of public confidence—a result to be attained
chiefly by the forbearance of the creditors and by the liberal
support of the other great banking concerns, both in Eng-
land and Scotland, to whew the public are entitled to look
for aid in a crisis like the present, in exchange for the pecu-
liar privileges conferred on them."
Roar. Defamer', Esq., M.P., then proposed the follow-
ing resolution That her Mekety's government ought to
be made acquainted with the present critical poeition of the
mercantile interests in Scotland, and solicited to take each
steps as shall seem most expedient for averting so much suf-
fering and lees to the nation ; and that for this
the following deputation be appointed to proceed to
London, to communicate with the Fast Lord of the
Treasury and the Chancellor of the Exchequer—
The Lord Provost, the Lord Dean of Guild, Bailie Clauston,
the Dean of Faculty of Pmeuratora, Hugh Temant, Esq., of
Welipark, Hobe. Napier, Esq., of Lenoefleid, with power to
add to their number." Mr. Daglieh, in speaking to hie
motion, said that he believed that there was suffident com-
mercial talent and energy in Glasgow to enable them to
get through the present difficulties without applying to
government, but he thought that they had a right to expect
assistance. When the panic came upon Scotland the relaxa-
tion of the Bank Chaster Act was proposed, but the
proposal was unheeded, end the crash had gone on in that
' country, but whenever the difficulty appeared serious in
England—when one of the largest discount houses in Lon-
don had to suspend payment, and the American houses
in London were applying in vain to the Bank
of England, then the measure of relief wan
granted. He therefore thought that Glasgow was entitled
to relief from government; for had they taken means to re-
lieve the remora in time, the present calamities
might have been prevented. He defended the
chartered banks from the charges that had been
brought against them, and believed that they would be
found of very great use in the present commercial crisis.
He concluded by moving the resolution, which having been
seconded by Bailie M'Crifocit, was carried unanimously.
W. BtrllA SAN, Esq., M.P., then propelled a vote of
thanks to the Lord Provost, which closed the proceedings.

THB NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
DISTRICT BANK.

-4.--
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Tut RSDAY.

The following announcement wu posted upon
the Lank doom at Shields and other towns at ten tide
morning •

"The District But regrets to announce that it has re-
wired orders from the head-office to dose its doors. Depo-
sits and credit accounts will bo fully paid with ea little
delay as possible. A meeting of the shareholdem will be
immediately held."

The branches of the bank are at Sunderland, North and
South Shields., Berlina, Morpetb, Berwick, Alnwick, and
Durham. Several large concerns on Tyneside, it is to be
feared, must slop, as the principal iron-works and collieries
in the neighbourhood did their business with the Dis-
trict Bank. There is little doubt but the bank has made ad-
vances to speculative concerns in the neighbourhood, but it
would he premature to enter into any details at present. The
men cSbneiuece here ire making a manly effort to prevent •
panic, and a run upon the other banks this morning, and en
far have succeeded.
An

hoe just appeared that several leading
shareholders in the District Dank intend opening a private
bank at once to meet the difficulties of trade. The tempo-
rary suspension, at least, of several large concerns seems to
be imminent ; and great difficulty will be ruperienoed In
raising the funds r,quisits to pay workmen's wages to-
morrow.

NEWCASTLE, TITURADAT NIGHT.

Bank hours are over to-day without any absolute run
upon either the Union or Lambton's banks in thin town,
or upon the branches of the Union or the National Pro-
vincial Bank in Shields or Sunderland. Though every one
appears stupefied by the stoppage of the District Bank this
morning, there is no panto. The other banks are considered
to be quite safe. The stoppage of the District Bank fa likely to
pore the worst calamity that has been known in this district.
The absolute loss, It Is conjectured by well-informed person,
will exceed 1,000,0001. The directors and leading ahareholders
have been sitting with closed Cora all day. Nothing has
transpired. The meeting of sharaholdere takes place in a
day or two. The Branch Bank of England in this town
undertakes to mist Carr, Palmer, Hatt, Bonito, and CO..
Marley-hill Collieries, Nicholas Wood, Black Boy Col-
Wien, and other coalownees and largo manufacturers doing
business with the District Bank, as that some thotutanda of
workmen will be paid their wages on Saturday, and they
will remain employed. Mr. Hodgson, from the Bank of
England is coming down to see what can be done to relieve
trade.

(From the IVetrcootk Chronicle of this day.)

The shareholders are 402 in number, and, as will be seen in
the list of them which appeared in the London Gamete in Fe-
bruary last, they comprise a number of the wealthiest and
most respectable persona in the district. There cannot, there-
fore, bo the slightest doubt that the depositors and other
creditors of the concern are amply covered, even were the
liabilities of the bank many times doubled; and it is to be
hoped that the public will me the necessity of moderation
and forbearance until the directors are enabled to liquidate
the claims upon them ; a step which, all permits may be
sewed, will not be delayed a single day longer than la ab-
solutely necessary.
It ia said that the average weekly amount paid for wages
alone through this bank is not leas than 35,0001.; but we

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are -had to leers that the breach Beak of Ragland, es well
is the ear basks is the lowa, are rethertag the senor
erietroe is the power to this. esterier establirammte
widch ere temporarily wed
by the creetropha,
sad ire bops that as madoes arperioa of trade or employ.
meet war occur be the garret. The Mee-toes mad Nemo
of the wealthier shareholder art roterdsy for the parries
• cemaidmiag the but mew of rearabeg the brims of
the cossets wither diday, sad vs vorintand that imme-
diate der will be takes for the tereastraetioe of the Lou
apes s saw sad *rewire brie, whiok, it is hoped, will
meet wfth public colder* led sapport.

NWING OP BENNOCH, TWINTTNAIN, AND
I.IOOIICDIDITORS (THIS Dlr.)

This afternoon a meeting of Mean. &moth,
sad Ring's anions no held M the Outlast]
I'j:it= for the ot reosinig a beisaneheet,
and coasidering genre' slobs of the 'rm.
The unclog was wry nommen snarled ; weirdo of WI
panes befog promott. At first than wee some difikelty be
• entrain, semi manses who won pat in
Wending Ms. idea, one of the Lout on&
ems, lianas declined to act la that capseity, Ultimately
Ito. FOOTIM, sMA anion, accepted aka
Mr. P4•111/ITON, d the Ira at Portions, East-
hory, sad Co., accountents, read the balnace-diest
follow:-Dn.: To creditors. r low re, 167.6621. AL 106.:
seceettlie hold by them 6,74174 3.. 34.-160,830/. Os. 7d.
(Is the Jere claim, 60,9601. 11,.9d. I. istbaded &peels-
Ma la the vans of silk la the boded the brokers.) To
Mlle satiNated foe consignors, 99,6634 94. ; hie
bille ay or partly second re bead,
10,4301.135. 611.-36,91131. 3d.by goods ;to lishilitles cc
MOD reosivabis dionmain welded good, 127,611!.
14e. 10d.; ditto bed, 24,6671. tie. lid.; he soneny held
on anon* thine!, WO/ -24,9971. es I Id. ; tkbtuei. on
goerentele menet of wilikk it le conideral thin will he
claim of 1,0001. ; creditors of Were. Lovatt sad Geoid,
whom ante Meows. Bconion, Tweatyloon. sad Rigs, bon
vadoeldma to pay, 33, 35. 2d
shad Ass
lfe. 114.-
B steak la trod, ,Landes aad Meateestor, eon
65,7061. Se. Sd., estimated at 303961. 18e. 4d. ;
book debts, good, 41,347 E 6s. 2d. ; loss debts
on wns, 0, 11911. L-31,1 6a
b. tenet
Mb,a ditl sad Os. I
bod, 16,2671. UM Id.,
estimated .8 6,0671. Us. 4d. ; MIL recoivabis as head,
7,24'!. 7s. ; he. poetics dee to consignon, 4351. 13s. 9d.-
3,11121. 13e. 3d. rash la hood sad la bashes. 8741. 13s. 4d.
by cask at beakers, 2,02111. Ns. 4d. • datactod from their
claim of 6,000/. Imams et Ilamehrtia, 1641. • furniture,
six,. se Wead-ger.a. 3001.; airman Is 104100sr0c.
prissy, Now York, to., amending to 41,0211. lin 11d. ;
enhisot to advancat sad Moises thorns, 10,1031.
10e. IL-20,867/. 16.. 101; sotimatod st 12,7944 Ss. 3d. ;
nine et slins, 1001. ; serneltin deponad with area- 1
tars sad deducted me emirs, 6,7221. is.
Issas sad &taros of 77 sad 71, Wood-
street, sad Ind la 1.4001. •• skich,
hook into, named, b tarn, Imam% to, d Km&
Lwast sad Gould, of Lady 4,3621. 1 ; agony of
nicaptlen is fnahold Ind and ral of Pere Lovett sad
Gould, mind to mangsge of 10,000 C, 102,72aL ie. M., Ine
mat, ssisain am. 7811. Ila 101,4181. lb. 6.1.•
adders,, 186,2431. 24. 6d. I
Kr. Tonto= Wed to two ••••111111•11 Me remark
that tho lea commented bete. b MS, Mr.
Bono& having a capital of 1,467!.; Yr. Twenty-
man. 9,1841., end Mr. Ragg, 6 TOW., web. lege-
doe 9,4101. This capital not no Tr
roc
until it stood at 33,2471. on the 345 k Of DOOM Yet. The
intarrame of Where had overbite the Ina through dioc-
kg penis to overdiat them In impact of ilk sad
Mean.
ease goo Lovett sad ds, sad liable kw the deMtnd
of LoolAsdarec in
Ms 1,04t0 22,9771, Th• we abut ham bed
rombed from the flare of two Inas, one in owl the
'thin Coventry. la 1846 the arm of Reid Cc woe
istobpionlishal at Derby. It ansined of Mr. Raid cif that
who pat a BAWL, sad d Items. Banned sad
Tweatymea who
_pot In kOOOl. The armof Onset.
Tontymr, and Wm, bed ben nave aa by this Derby
Mr to the main of 33,32111.. bat the good. con-
anon were an worth mins thsa 14.2781., sad be,.,
thrtion, thin was a km d
am 7. In 1866
the Ira of Taylor sad Co. establidtai st
Conn*, with capitol of 4,0001. Deno* Sweetness, sod
Log, had boon drawn upai4t:lonse ha the
raids wedged watt sow worth 11,9611. n• Coventry
km one oleo ash of ths Leaden here
it the intent of 10,637/ sad the loss by the Comity Inn
wee pat dews at 17.421!.

-itatrii,-thiTat.;;ls the b., rave tome implimaleas
of the plea, Mar albs treepvtaws, ea them observed
OM siseells belaserehist woo out the emetehatomme
=PI cad. The roma he bed le make os
till prr
he One was UM the estate should he Ilimidata
wader heretics eadt It had 'eased a dirideedalsay, ils.
la the resod , sad that awn the be at
Betty I. deteraise aware the Its=l,4l.= ea.
or whether it woad he better le se,agot say the
One alight to to a pukka to mks, mad so sod matter.
Ultimata, It wee Juana that this proposal should be
said Hams. Defeat, H. W. Puma, J. R. Fatter,
mod rid Swam were apprieted impletan.