The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-20 00:00:00

CLASS 111 THE LAW COUNTS.

Commenting upon the action, triad before the Lord
Chief Bares, in which Mr. Joseph Ormsby, of
Halifax, sued the Lend and Colonial Com-
pany for having made fraudulent statements for the
purpose of increasing the company's capital, the Daily
Nero my' that the damages against the company (35,0001.)
represents a large transaction, but the immorality a the
transaction was also conspicuously gross. After recapitu-
lating the facts of the case, our eentemporary observe*
that it is not worth while analysing the peculiar moral code
by which Mr. Rhwerthy judges his oendneL Hs is one of a
elan whose proceedings have brought discredit on the
whole mereantils world, and most of all on the principles
of association under limited liability. In this case the
directors had made no examination, and the auditors had
made no comment. Twelve sad a half per cent. covered
all blunders, and blinded the recipientsto all frauds ; and it
is this blind and greedy eonfidence that encourages the
frauds of managing directors. When, however, people
have become Willed that rain instead of wealth is the
probable consequence of entire neglect of the ordinary
rules of prudence, British trade will grow Rounder, and
then British credit may be expected to revive.
Whether Mr. Crossley recovers his 35,0001. or not, says
the Telegropts, be has unqnsetkmably done a public ser-
vice by the wares be has taken. The trial distinctly
shows that a government audit is necessary foe these as
well NI railway undertakings. Mr. Tidd Pratt shies his
approval to the regulations of benefit societies ; let come
other diked or officials perform the same teak for those
mss enlarged seaociatices which still control and distri-
bute so mush of the inverted property of the nation.
The judgment of the Lord Chancellor on the appeal pre-
sented by the Metropolitan Railway Company is commented
upon by the Standard, which points out that the proceed-
ings ere at present merely interlocutory. The prohibitory
effect of the injunction is at present limited to the time
vibes the matter shall come on for hearing, on which
occasion the whale errs on both sides will be gone into,
and the injunction may be either dissolved, varied, or
Riede perpetual, aeocirding as the defendants succeed or
. fall in disproving or explaining away the plaintiff's allege.
Cons. It is, theref a, quits possible that the aspect of
affairs may yet be materially changed by the production
of fresh evidence, in supplement of materials width Lord
Chelmsford deemilsed is being at present extremely meagre.
It isle be Moped that the ultimate detsetninelion of the

ash may ferakkaome definite and intelligible peincipla,
whereby every(mdlway balance-shed may benoefotib be
tested.

while 11/11111.8 Os ulleabted propriety of the pressen.
the aml seirriellea ettbe Weak Fernand the iriabstoo,
abs risen ibmermain the interest of a free peer to ewes.
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wow 001406 tiet only innosealk bet learlabia. One of
aim Metemeate is that a publioatiou is seditious which
tends to aroato distrust and contempt of her Majesty's
gOvernmeut—a &arias whit would have brought any
ONG who, 40 years ago, bad oosautoatod on Roman
ditamdlo iabilities, or who dememes the delays of Man-
e*, ender the amp of enittiens Mai It is statedmain,
reek mew fee preaspresscratkma. that no government ma
Om it. esisinnes to be attacked by written words. If
by VIM we are to understand that no one could be per
rented to publish an argunami reemiumndlng • complete
reoonstructios of our Coneliftelleni tie Alliiillial clream-
maribor des-freedom at lbw pies Siiiiraialle which so
.nsinister Mr* illseept•te entesea lehteltaeld, have as
unfavourable 'pintas el the edeiliniellletiefillr. bee it
is certain tbM awyem MIMI advecede-Me aselinetional
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Tug ILLPRISIENTITION OF BRISTOL. —The steps
taken by the executive of the Liberal Association were on
Tuesday night submitted to • full meeting of the maulers
of the association, and were cordially approved of. Mr..
Morley'm name was received with the greatest enthusiasm,
and the meeting pledged itself to give him its bratty sup-
port whenever • vacancy in the representation shalt
occur. By this meeting the views of the entire liberal
party of the city may be said to have been expressed, and
there can be no doubt of Mr. Morley's reception wlier.ever
he may visit Bristol, or of his return to parliament as the
colleague of Mr. Berkeley. Of course the perturbation
which has afflicted the minds of some of the supporters of.
Mr. Miles, in consequence of the uncertainty as to the
period when • vacancy may be expected, will be in-
erased by the resolutions of Tuesday evening. They have
for some time been in doubt whether the Tammy will occur
At once or a few months hence, and the prolongation of
the uncertainty will be regarded as • meet dastardly act
an the part of the liberal' party. The fact is that the
holders of the seat, fairly won at the last election, ere in
no harry to preedpitate the contest which the other side
profess to deprecate. All in good time Mr. Morley will
be forthcoming, and Tuesday night's meeting may he takem
as his passport to the position which he IS so well Welt.
lated to till. Waters Daily Press. _

Tin REFORM Liens.—Last night the council
of the Reform League met at their rooms, Adelphi-terrace.
Mr. E. Beale*, who was in the chair, said he bad received
• letter from Sir Richard Mayne, declinine to enter into
any further correspondence respecting the interference of
the police with branch League meetings held at licensed
publerhothes. After some discussion, the secretary was
instructed to write to Maim. Torrens and Lusk, the mem-
bers for Finsuilnai: which borough the homer interfered
with an si asking them to bring the correspondence
between Mr. and Sir Richard Mayne before the
House of Commons. A report from the sub-committee
appointed to consider the Irish question wits brought up,
and gave rise to • long discussion. The first clause recouo
welded the abolition of the Irish church establishment,
without regard to reeled interests. The chairman pro-
posed a clause for the protection of these interests, which,
on a division, was rejected. Tbe original clause yam
passed, the chairman having mitered his strong protest
'sliest it. Clauses recommending the abolition of the
Mayaeoth pent, the Reel= Donum, and the laws of
entail and primogeniture m Ireland, were agreed to. A
alarm recommending the compulsory role of entsikd pro.
petty la Ireland to the State was next dimmed, the
chairman expressing his belief that nothing could be more
objectionable than to make the State the landlord of these
*states. The consideration of other clauses in the report
was adjoureed, and the proceedings terminated.
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN. —The sixteenth
annual dinner of this charity was held last evening at
Willies Rooms. The Archbishop of York was in the chair,
and the company isoluded the Bishops of Lincoln and
Peterborough, Viscount Gort, Admiral Buncombe, ALP.,
131 r 0. Baker, Cement Seymour, Mr. Howes, M.P., Mr. 0,
Waring, M.P., do. In giving the loyal toasts the chair•
man entered into a lengthy eulogy of her Majesty's recent
books, and mentioned amongst other thing. that she bad
parckaaed and seat toys for the sick children in the hoe.
pith whose festival was being celebrated. Ilie grace stated
too that more than one of the princesses had sent things
worked by themselves to be worn by the hospital Inmates.
In giving the toast of "The Army. am., the chairman
ethaild much amusement by saying that nobody in modern
days could settle what a ship was, because es soon as •
Tomei was constructed she was seised upon and subjected
to what were termed improvements. The archbishops
in giving the toast of the evening, said that
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to 1852 there was no hospital in London for the .
moieties of sick children. During last year the institai
Lion received 700 in-patients, and relieved 12,524 out.
patient. The chairman of the first annual festival was
' Mr. Charles Maths, and any one who had read the bean-
'tifal and teething address be delivered oa that mad=
(which might be bad on application to the secretary]
• would agree that there was very little left in the way of
argument for etch an institation.Aßeigian statistician had
calculated that out of 10,000 children born only 5,738 were
at the end of five years. This was greatly owing to
Os gaunt spectres of misery, vice andstupidity that
bowed about the cradles dchildren, especially poox
shilthlw His grace made • warm appeal for aid to en-
large the hospital, and in a most elomeent and touching
manage deeed • visit be lead recently paid to the hoe-
• in Great Ormond-street. The subscriptions gathered
In during the evening amounted to nearly 2,0001. During
the proceedings it was slated that the mend ho*hth
would be rebuilt, mid Cromwell-house occupied se a tem-.
penny hospital during the alterations.
A Lotto-Lrvati Finflat. —Eighty-one years ago—,
when the 17afted Rates berth to hams their cosatitutilino
mil the filth soaviet soloists left Ungland for New South
Wage—thros Penzance bogs and • girl followed their
hither to his gram AD are yet alive and wall and may
Is atheris ear street. fiesta Ursa is 93 ; Jesse, 80 p
MBB ;and Jam, 84. Fee 50 years Basso was in that
, and Henry in the tsnyard, of Wears. T,
and that Tim mother and fitlri of these four
eavapeistlvely young, hat their grandmother Unit
to he Ul._ sad reaped at the age of 101. The family
et Ma Viva, the youngest of this vigorous quota,
step. ithristed of oven boys and two girls, the
sideellso. the_youngset 40, all living and in ,good health.
Two seen, Wham and Joseph, fought throughout the
mint Auverteas struggle, Joseph lee the South sad
Warn far the North, endued unaY hardships., bat pm
with m, and one is now as-
&teillifilealle life terioll"dlijrtroying it, for he is al
set the Wolf Reek lighthouse. Ike family are taU
We need not moth set tile allangm its ofdoc
have witee eedlnEuropean, Meth. and WON
, sines the Frees h R ntare'daye of Pitt.
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