The Sun.
London, England, 1862-08-07 00:00:00

BANK OF EGYPT.—(Yesterday.)

The half-yearly meeting of proprietors
2 o'clock in the London Tavern—Mr. Tite, 31. P•, in the
chair. was held at

The report having been taken as read,
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, after congratu-
lating the meeting on the reduction of the debt of Prince El
Hami Pacha to £6,000, said littlo doubt was entertained
that the other principal outstanding debt, which had been
reduced to £32,000, would ultimately be recovered. On the
whole, he said, ttough the advances were imprudent, there
was no cause ;or apprehension.
The retort was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 7
per oent. per annum declared.

I
CRICKET.—•In our return of the match—Surrey
v. North of England—on
Tuesday, an error occurred in the
by Carpenter. This celebrated
less than 91 (not out) in the first innings
cricketer scored no
number of runs obtained .
of the North eleven.
o
The neighbourhood of the Rue Dauphine was,
the night beforeurer last,fouo followed
siunitcoidceo.nsteArni
‘a
it i.
Cesar n
byar
D an
,
at-
tempt at murder
jug., de pais of a town in Picardy, arrived unexpectedly,
about half-past ten at night, at the house of his brother..in-
/aw, M. B—, No. 41, Due Dauphine. He was very
coolly received, as they had not been on good terms for
some time, owing to his strange conduct. M. D— told
his brother-in-law that his (D---.'s) daughter was about
to be married, and he asked B-- whether he did not
intend to give her a wedding portion of 40,000 fr. M.
B—, amazed at this demand, for which there
was no reasonable ground whatever, gave a flat
refusal, -I)
---- then drew out a double-bar-
relled pistol and fired both shots at his brother-
in-law, only one of which took effect, inflicting a slight
wound
on B---.'s right hand. B—, thinking the man
mad, endeavoured to seize him, and a struggle ensued,
during which D— stabbed himself four times in the breast
with a small poinard, and having at last got free for a
.mo-
ment, he drew out another pistol, and, discharging it in his
mouth, fell down dead. At this moment a number of per-
sons, alarmed by the repeated shots, entered the apartment
and among them was the commissary of police of the
~...
quar-
ter. On examining D—'s pockets a letter was found,
which he declared his intention of being revenged on
his
brother-in-law, and then killing himself, and its
con-
tents showed that it could only have been written by an
insane person.—Geaignani.
From a Parliamentary return issued this morning
p 1, the
it appears that in the year ending
5th'4;001,261861, 5, the
• amount of income charged with tax v 7 whole
the amount of
number of persons charged was 278,7*-of? andl
tax £3,429,175.
OMNIBUSES.—The
SIR R. MAYNE AND Ti° have received official
London General Omnibus Con3P
anY to remove the
instructions from the Police
Commissionercorrespondence has taken
advertising boards, and
to the company's request
place. The commissioner
to continue the boards is t°. the'BBreePleYffect that he will forego all
removed, as they are opposed
proceedings on the samesabrPediunflic Carriage Act, but that he
wtoiltlhneoltaoteb
object to
placed above the weatherboard
toFit7r°lY)°
ansY not to obstruct the ventilation, or to
in such a manner ,
interfere with '" ,
passagea of the roof passengers.
A LWAY.— ester-
dayu.yearly general meeting of the shareholders of
the ha
held at the offices of
(.0 p ny wasthe London, Brigh-
ton, AND CROYDON R I N.
this - 7 -Saouth Coast Railway Company, London•bridgo
ton, an
t ion—Mr. Jack in the chair. The seal of the company
lifing been affixed to the register of the shareholders, the
chairman said that as the directors had no report to present
with reference to the working of the line, which was
in the hands of the lessees, the London and Brighton Com-
pany, entirely
his du y was a very simple one, and merelYeaou!
to moving the declaration of a dividend at theurmat
frte:4Bo.fpat per
share, being equivalent to 4 per cent, P
which
deductions. Mr. Read, jun., second
proceedings terminated.
eaertharmotion,
was Ullallinansly adopted, and the