The Sun.
London, England, 1865-12-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENiNG, DECEMBER 29, 1865.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Registrar Murray.)

IN RE GLADSTONE AND CO.

In this case; which has now been before the Court for
some time, the bankrupts were merchants of the City,
owing nearly £1,000,000. The accounts are in course of
preparation by Messrs. Hart, Brothers, and Co., the well
known accountants of Moorgate-strect, who have not yet
been able to quite complete them. This morning a private
examination was held before the Registrar.

East Indian Railway,

MEETING THIS DAY.

The eighteenth half-yearly general meeting of
this company was held to-day, at the London
Ta'rern, the chairman of the company (R. W.
Crawford, Esq., M.P.) presiding.
The report, which appeared in The Sun of the
27th instant, was taken as read. _ _

The CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the
report and statement of accounts, said that as usual
they were very full and precise, but he thought it would
be desirable if he referred briefly to those objects in
which all the shareholders were deeply interested.
Having adverted in high praise to the exertions of
the engineers and other officers of the company en-
gaged in the construction of the bridge over the
Jumna at Allahabad, he said that the completion
of that important work would fully establish the
railway communication between Calcutta and Delhi,
the immense value of which it was impossible to
over-estimate. It was to be regretted that the direc-
tors had not been able to carry out the arrange-
ments which they proposed with the Great Eastern
of India Company, but it was not owing to any
defect on their part. He was in a position to state,
notwithstanding the danger of prophesying, that that
undertaking must eventually prove most productive
to the shareholders. The contract of Messrs.
Brassey, Wythes, and Perry, which had been ac-
cepted, was an advantageous one for the com-
pany, for it fell within the estimate of their
own engineer. In pursuance of that con-
tract, the construction of the chord line
was proceeding satisfactorily. As regarded the
bridging of the flooghley,lthe establishing of a
metropolitan terminus at Calcutta, and the forming
of junctions with the Eastern of Bengal and the
Calcutta and South-Eastern Railways, the board
had very carefully considered the whole subject.
Their recommendation, therefore, to the share-
holders to undertake the works upon the terms of
the existing contracts as to land, and the
acceptance of the Secretary of State for
India, as guarantee of 5 per cent., was
the result of their mature judgment. It would be
seen by reference to the report that then was an
increase in their gross receipts and the net pro-
fits were considerably increased.

The report was adopted, and the proceedings
terminated with a vote of thanks to the chairman
and board of management.

BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS.

The official returns relating to trade and naviga-
tion, for the 11 months ending the 30th Nov., were
published this morning. From these it appears
that the declared value of the exports from the
United Kingdom during that period has been
£150,832,344, against £148,340,865 in the like
period of 1864, showing an increase of £2,491,479.
The incraese is most perceptible in beer and
ale, coals and culm, cotton yarn, cotton manu-
factures, hardwares and cutlery, linen manufac-
tures, machineay, sheep and lambs' wool, and
woollen and worsted manufactures ; but there was
a falling off in linen yarn, iron, and unwrought
steel, thrown silk, silk manufactures, ani woollen
and worsted yarn.

The importations of the principal articles have
been larger as regards rum, cotton, raw silk,
tallow, sheep and lambs' wool, coffee, pepper, rum,
timber and tobacco, but there is a falling off in
hemp, petroleum, provisions, rice, cocoa, wheat,
flour, brandy, unrefined sugar, tea, and wine.
The shipping accounts exhibit a decrease in the
amount of tonnage employed, in the foreign trade
of the United Kingdom for the entries inwards, but
there is a slight increase in the tonnage for the
clearances outwards. In the coasting trade the
entries inwards and clearances outwards both show
a slight increase as compared with the correspond-
„ing period of the previous year.

TROTTING MATCII FOR 501.—Yesterday morning
the match between Mr. Hardy's black gelding and Mr.
Univin's mare Kitty, to trot two miles in harness for 251.
aside, was decided on Wimbledon Common. The mare
won cleverly by 100 yards, and accomplished the two miles
in seven minutes and three seconds.

THE REMOVAL OF TEMPLE BAR.—The site for
the new law courts will extend from the west side of Bell-
yard to St. Clement's-inn. The whole block of houses
will be swept away by the erection of the " Palace of
Justice." It is anticipated that Temple Bar will be re-
moved, as the site will reach into Fleet-street. The noted
Shire-lane and Newcastle-court will be demolished.

CONVICTION OF TWENTY BUTCHERS.—On Tues-
day 22 persons were charged at Leeds with sending
beasts and sheep from some other part of Great Britain into
the Skyrack division in contravention of the Order of
Council. Twenty of the defendants were fined in penalties
Varying from 10s. and costs to 40s. and costs. In two
cases the summonses were dismissed. The persons
charged were principally butchers from the surrounding
villages, who had bought at the Leeds weekly cattle mar-
ket, and driven their cattle and sheep out of the borough
and through parts of the division of Skyrack.
THE NEW REFORM BILL.—We understand that
it is likely the Ministerial Reform Bill will not deal with
the questions either of disfranchisement or re-distribution;
but, leaving those parts of the subject for future legisla-
tion, will deal with suffrage extension only—a plan which
has important practicable advantages.—Scotsman.

TERRIFIC FIGHT BETWEEN TWO TIGERS.—A very
exciting scene took place at Burnley on Tuesday
evening last, at Manders' Menagerie. After the close of
the last exhibition, when the animals were being fed, two
of the largest tigers in the menagerie pounced upon a
joint of meat placed in their den ; and after a great deal of
struggling for the possession thereof, the ferocious beasts
commenced a furious onslaught on each other. The battle
raged long and furiously, the animals both being lashed
into a state of the utmost rage. Mr. Manders immediately
sent a messenger for Maccomo, the lion tamer ; and that
intrepid African, without a moment's hesitation, entered
the den, and confronted the tigers on their own ground.
Armed with a thick iron bar, Maccomo laid on on both the
combatants, and in a few seconds terminated what at first
glance appeared to be a deadly encounter. Blackburn
Standard.

A Naples letter announces the death last week of
an English gentleman, Mr. Hankey, son of the banker of
that name, so well known in England. He had been in
Naples nine months, and had remained safe until last
Wednesday night, when he was taken ill with cholera, and
died the next morning. The malady is, however, so much
on the decline in Naples that people are beginning to
return.

One vast improvement has been made of late
years, mainly attributable to the example set by the
late lamented Prince Consort, namely, the period of sitting
at the table after the ladies have left the room is consider-
ably curtailed; for in bygone days many a guest almost
wished himself in the union workhouse to escape the dull-
ness of the conversation upon the poor and corn-laws. Let
us now proceed to the drawing-rooms, where there is no
formality, and where every one amuses himself or herself
according to their own fancies. Some stroll into the bil-
liard-room ; others play at whist, backgammon, or chess ;
a few group themselves round the pianoforte in the music-
room, to listen to the dulcet strains of Rossini, Mozart,
and Haydn ; while a large party of the young retire to a
long gallery, whore polkas and waltzes are the order of the
evening. Generally before midnight the stately butler,
accompanied by two footmen, enters the drawing-room,
depositing a tray with biscuits, wine, negus, whisky and
water, and from that time the party separate according to
their own pleasure.—From the Christmas Number of " Once
a Week."

The Esperance du Peuple of Nantes has received
a first warning from the Prefect of the Loire-Infe-
rieure, for having published in a late number a letter
from Paris giving an account of disturbances at the
Ecole Normale and the Ecole des Beaux Arts,
which had not taken place, and declaring that there
was reason to fear that the same would extend to
the academies in the departments. The above intel-
ligence is declared not only false, but of a nature to
trouble the public mind and produce disorder.

BREAKFAST BEVERAGE. —H omZeop athto practitioners, and
the medical profession generally, recommend cocoa as being
the most healthful of all beverages. When the doctrine of
homceopathy was first introduced into this country, there
were to be obtained no preparations of cocoa either attrac-
tive to the taste or acceptal le to the stomach ; the nut was
either supplied in the crude state, or so unskilfully manu-
factured as to obtain little notice. J. Epps, of London,
homoeopathic chemist, was induced in the year 1839 to turn
his attention to this subje t, and at length suc:eeded, with
the assistance of elaborate machinery, in being the first to
produce an article pure in its composition, and so refined by
the pert, et trituration it receives in the process it passes
through, as to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach.
For general use Epps' cocoa is distill, uished as an invigo-
rating, grateful breakfast beverage, with a delicious aroma.
Dr. Hassell in his work. "Food and its Adulterations,"
says—" Cocoa contains a great variety of important nutritive
principles; every ingredient necessary to the growth and
sustenance of the body." Again, "As a nutritive, Cocoa
stands very much higher than either coffee or tea." Direc-
tions : —Two teaspoonfuls of the powder in a breakfast cup,
filled up with boiling water or milk. Secured in tin-lined
Ob., -ib., and lib. labelled packets, and sold at is. 6d. per
by grocers, I)nfectioners, and chemists.