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London, England, 1849-09-20 00:00:00

erring to hoard up their money in preference to
sending it out upon hazardous venture s.
Mr. De WIeT ,N--Teke tee elve months, or duri g
the last three years.
Mr. CLARK said, it was now three years ago since
the discussion of this subject was commenced, namely,
the propriety of capitalising any portion of the
annual prefi7.s beyond the maintenance of a rest of
3,000,000/. Having glanced at the course which the
previous discuisions upon the matter had taken,
he proceeded to say, that the directors, in Sep-
tember, 1843, proposed a dividend of 3k. An
amendment was moved upon that occasion, with
the view to an increase of the dividend and the reduc-
tion of the rest, but it was lost, which he understood
terminated the discussion of the question. The pro-
prietors then pressed the directors to state the amount
of rest which they conceived necessary. On the next
Meeting Mr. Morris, the Governor, stated that they
conceived a rent of 3,000,000/. sufficient
for the working of the Bank, proposing
at The same tine to divide a large sum,
reducing the rest to that amount, among the pro-
prietors, which was acceded to. The matter being
thus settled, after a prolonged discussion, he thought
the proprietors had a right to complain that it had
been again re-opened.— (Hear, hear.) Having agreed,
after much discussion, to a principle, they were asked
this day to stultify it, which seemed to his
Mind a most unreasonable request, since they
were bound to maintain a rest at an
amount N hich would enable the Bank
in all seasons to occupy the proud position which it
at present enjoyed.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. DE WINTON explained—lf they looked at the
business of the Bank during the last three years,
they would find that the reserve had not been used.
Besides, they now required a smaller rest than
ever, as a dead-weight of 7,000,0001. was in the
course of payment to them. Capital might not be
in much demand in London, but in the country
it was. All he wanted was to reduce the rest to
2,000,0001., which he believed amply sufficient for all
the purposes of the Bank.
The GovERNoR then put the amendment, but only
two hands—those of the mover and seconder—were
held up in its favour.
Mr. FIELDER then moved that the dividend be in-
creased to four per cent., and entered into a long
and diffuse explanation to show that this was prac-
ticable.
Mr. DE WINTON seconded the amendment, which,
after a few words from Sir Peter Laurie and Mr.
Clark, was put and lost, ten hands only being held
up in its favour.
The original motion was then put and carried by a
large majority.
The GOVERNOR stated, in reply to a question, that
the value of the branch banks was included in the
rest.
Thanks having been voted to the Governor,
Deputy-Governor, and Directors, the meeting
separated.

BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY.)
(Before Mr. Commission,r 6HEPIZERD.)
IN RE CRISP.

The bankrupt had carried on business as a corn-
fac.or at Beccles, Suffolk, and now applied for his certi-
ficate, which had been adjourned to this day.
An application was made on behalf of the assignees for
further adjournment under the following circumstancis:
It appeared that an action was pending between the as-
signees and a third party, and the assignees had ob-
tained a verdict for 1,2001., but the assignees thought it
Possible that the defendant might taae some steps to
disturb the verdict.
The bankrupt's solicitor considered that as the verdict
had been given in favour of the assignees, the certificate
ought to be now granted.
Mr. PLEWS, for the assignees, said that the verdict
Would probably be considered to bear against the bank-
rupt, as it involved a question of fraudulent preference,
rated his Honour (Evans) had adjourned the case to know
the result of the trial.
His HoNouu said the matter bad been adjourned kr
Consideration of the certificate, and he could not decide
on the case unless the whole facts were before him, the
case therefore bad better be adjourned until the return
of Mr. Commissioner Evans.
The bankrupt considered it a hard case to be brought
up again.
Mr. PLEWB said bankrupt's expenses had been paid,
and the assignees would undertake to pay for the next
journey it Mr. Commissioner Evans thought fit.
His Hotioun said there was nothing shown to entitle
the bankrupt to his certificate on the mere asking; but
if the bankrupt pressed, he (the Commissioner) would
decide on what now appeared, but perhaps it would be
better for bankrupt that he should not.
The case was then adjourned to the 2d of October.

CRIMINAL COUR f.-(THIS DAY.)
OLD COURT.
(Before Mr. Baron PLATT and Mr. Justice WILLIAMS.)
MURDER —Caroline Cock, described as a widow, aged
28, was indicted for the wilful murder of John Cock,
her husband.
The prisoner, who had a child in her arms, and was
accommodated with a chair during the trial, pleaded
Not Guilty.
Mr. Bodkin, with whom was Mr. Clarke, appeared
for the prosecution; and Mr. Cooper defended the pri-

toner.
Mr. BODKIN, in opening the case, stated that the
deceased was the prisoner's husband, and up to the
time of his death filled the situation of butler in a gen-
tleman's family at Enfield. A few weeks ago, on the
Ist of July, the prisoner, who had not been upsn good
terms with the deceased, went to see her husband, and
on the day in question, which was a Sunday, she re-
mained to dinner with him. The family was from home
at the time, and besides the deceased and the prisoner,
there were only the cook and the housemaid in the
house. The two latter were upstairs dressing
'when the murder was supposed to have been
committed, but on one of them coming down
the found the prisoner in the deceased's pantry standing
over husband, who was lying on his back on the floor.
The prisoner said, "See what I have done; for God's
sake, go and fetch a:doctor." Upun which the servant ob-
aerved, " Good God, he has been stabbed ; why there is
blood coming from his heart. Had he any disease of the
heart?" The prisoner replied, " No;" and immediately
afterwards medical assistance was called in, when it was
discovered that the deceased had been stabbed in the
side, and was quite dead. A steel and large carving
knife, the last covered with blood, were found in the
Pantry; and the observation of the prisoner, coupled with
the opinion of the medical man, that the wound could
not have been inflicted by the deceased himself, led to
her being given into the custody of a police-officer, when
she protested in emphatic terms, that when she first en-
tered the pantry the deceased stabbed himself, and she
at once gave the alarm, which brought the nurse to the
Spot. Certainly letters were found upon the deceased
in the prisoner's handwriting, and written no later than
June, which induced an impression that the prisoner
Was jealous of the deceased, and contained demands for
Money, and threats of vengeance if they were refused.
Charlotte Brown, a nurse in the service of :Mr. John
Edward Bailer, of the Parsonage Grange, Enfield, was
the first witness examined. She said she remembered
the prisoner coming to dine with the deceased at her
master's house, on the Ist of July last. After dinner
she went up stairs with the cook to dress for church, and
while she was there the deceased came up and asked her
to step down stairs and see his child. Soon afterwards
she went down, and tound the prisoner standing over
the deceased, who was lying on his back in the pantry.
The prisoner said " See what I have done; for God's
sake go and fetch a doctor." Witness observed blood
running tre m the side of the deceased. He had no coat
on. She then hastened to a neighbour's and got him to
go for a doctor. The prisoner was holding her child in
her arms when she came down stairs, and had her bonnet
and shawl on.
Mr. Buller, the master of the deceased, stated that the
deceased had been in his service two or three years, but
he had known him previously for many years. He was
a man of religious teeing and principle. lie was out of
town at the time this occurrence took place, but just
before he lett he saw the deceased, when be appeared ite
his usual good spirits and health. For reasons which it
Was not necessary to explain he had previous to this
occurrence forbidden the prisoner, whom he had know
slightly, from entering his home.
• Mary Captain, the cook, stated that previous to the
day of the alleged murder she had seen the prisoner
once. On that day the deceased, the coachman, and
herself sat down to dinner, and whilst they were so en-
gaged the prisoner came in with her child. She ap-
peared to be in au excited state, and witness remark, d
to her, " Oh, dear, what a heat you are in," and took
the child from her and invited her to sit down to dinner,
but she declined doing so. The deceased then walked
round the table and asked the prisoner, " What brought
you here ?" The prisoner replied, " Ycu know what I
have come for." She then sat down to dinner, and it was
not till then that the deceased asked her the question
she had just mentioned. After dinner the prisoner and
deceased appeared to have become friendly, and witness
went up stairs to dress, while the coachman retired to
his stables, and the deceased and the prisoner were left
in the kitchen together. Whilst witness was dressing the
nurse called her from the b _Atom of the stairs,observieg
that " John was very ill." She went down imme-
diately, and found the deceased lying in the
pantry, and the prisoner ceying in the kitchen. She
noticed a steel lying by the side 01 one of the deceased's
• legs, and a knife-tray with knifes in it on the pantry-
table. Witness got some vittegar and water, and having
bathed the deceased's face, she observed WO on his left
breast, and asked the prisoner if she knew if John ever
had any affection of the heart. She said, " No, never."
Witness then said to the deceased, " John, here is your
wife," and he replied, " Well, what does she want ?"
Ile never more spoke alter !hat. Soc n afterwards the
• medical man came in, and found that the deceased was
dead. Just before the medical man arrived she observed a
wound in the deceased's side, and exclaimed, in the
presence of the prisoner, " Why, good God, he is
stabbed;" but the prisoner made no reply to the remark,
and stood looking over the deceased,
Thomas Smith, the coachman, corroborated the testi•
mony of the last witness so far as it re rated to the pri-
soner coming into the kitchen and dining, adding, that
just before going to church he entered the kitchen and
saw the prisoner and deceased sitting together very
comfortable.
(The trial was proceeding when our report left.)

Every earnest glance we give to the realities
around us, with intent to learn, proceeds from a holy
impulse, and is a song of praise.—Eliza Cook's Journal.