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London, England, 1859-12-14 00:00:00

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THE EAST INDIA COMPANY'S HALF-
YEARLY lIIEETIXG-(THIS DAY).

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was
held this day at the East India House, Leadenhall-
street.

The chair was occupied by Colonel Sykes.
The minute of the last Court having been read,
The CHAIRMAN announced that the dividends
would be paid on the 6th of January, 1860.
Mr. JONES then rose to bring forward the motion
of which he had given notice, relative to the Go-
vernment of India. The lion. proprietor said that
Parliament knew nothing of India, and was about
to enter fully into the subject when

An HON. PROPRIETOR moved that the Court be
counted.

This was accordingly done, and there not being
sufficient proprietors present to legally constitute
a Court, the proceedings terminated, after a sitting
of twelYe minutes.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(T1118 DAY.)

COURT OF CHANCERY.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)

JHDOMENT-JOHNSTON V. THE EARL OP RARROWAY.

The Lord Chancellor said—Although in this special case
the question is put whether the legacy of £l,OOO given in
the second codicil is cumulative or substitutional to the
legacy of £5OO given in the first codicil, it seems now to be
very properly agreed that it is cumulative, which is clearly
the meaning according to the intention of the testator and
according to all the authorities referred to. His lordship
was of opinion that these two legacies of £l,OOO and £5OO
were cumulative and payable out of the same fund. His
lordship reversed the decree of the Vice• Chancellor (Sir
William Page Wood), and ordered the legacy duty on both
legacies and costs to be paid out of the trust funds.

ROLLS COURT.
GRAY V. FALCONER-JUDGMENT.

His Honour the Master of the Rolls said—On reading
over the evidence in this case I have coma to the same con-
clusion which the evidence produced on me when it was
read at the hearing. lam of opinion that the plaintiff's
case has failed, and that these are perfectly good deeds.
They were not executed with a view to delay the creditors,
because, after the execution of the (load., he had auffleiont
funds to pay his creditors. He was perfoctly solvent at the
date of the execution of these deeds in 1848 and 1851. His
Honour dismissed the plaintiff's bill with costs.

BRITISII COLUMBIA.

A numerously attended meeting of the Royal
Geographical Society was held on Monday evening
at Burlington House, Sir Roderick L. Murchison,
vice-president, in the chair. The MS. trigonome-
trical survey of Kashmir, by Captain T. G. Mont-
gomerie, F.R.G.S., under the direction of Lieute-
nant-Colonel A. Scott Waugh, F.R.G.S., Surveyor-
General of India ; sketches illustrative of Hima-
layan scenery, by Captain Austen and Mr. Purdon;
numerous sketches made in British Columbia, in-
cluding St. Juan Island, by Mr. Bedwell, R.N. • a
map of the Fraser River, by Captain G. H. Richards,
R.N., F.R.G.S., her Majesty's ship Plumper; a
plan of Tieu-tsin-ho, showing the Chinese defences,
by Major Fisher. R.E.; and a model of the largest
nugget hitherto found, from Ballarat, by Professor
Tennant, F.R.G.S; were exhibited. The papers
read were-1. "On the Trigonometrical Survey.
and Physical Configuration of Valley of Kash-
mir," by Mr. William Purdon, F.R.G.S., Executive
Engineer, Punjab; communicated by Sir Charles
Wood, India Office. Previous to commencing the
above paper, the chairman read a letter from Lord
Canning, expressing his approbation of the map of
Kashmir, and alluding to the difficulties against
which the surveying officers had had to contend.
The paper gave rise to a discussion, in which Col.
Everest, the former Surveyor7General of India,
Captain Austen, and others took part. 2. British
Columbia—" Journeys in the District, bordering on
the Fraser, Thompson, and Harrison Rivers,", by
Lieutenants Mayne, R.N., and Palmer, R.E., and
Chief Justice M. Begbie ; communicated by the
Duke of Newcastle, Colonial Office. Lieutenant
Mayne's report contained much interesting topo-
graphical information. It described the character
of the soil, the vegetation and productions of the
districts traversed, and pointed out the course of
the rivers and the general geographical features of
the country. Lieutenant Palmer noticed the exist-
ence of gold in the Upper Fraser River, but ob-
served that the great drawback was the scarcity and
enormous price of provisions. Chief Justice Begbie
observed that two Indian chiefs paid him a visit
while at Cayoosh, and complained of the conduct of
citizens of the United States ; while, on the other
hand, there were many cases of cattle-stealing
alleged by the whites against the Indians ; this was
said to be caused by want of food ; the Indians,
many hundreds of whom had died of absolute star-
' vation during the winter. stating that tho salmon
had failed them now for three years altogether.
They were said to be very-lazy and improvident, but
the Chief Justice had found them almost everywhere
willing to labour hard for hire, and bargaining
acutely for wages. The amount of wages for carry-
ing burdens was Bs. per day. His impression of the
Indian population was that they had far more na-
tural intelligence and honesty than the lowest classes
of any European country. The chief points which
struck him were, first, the ready submission of a
foreign population to the declaration of the will of
the Executive ; secondly, the great preponderance
of the Californian element of the population and the
paucity of British subjects ; thirdly, the great riches
both auriferous and agricultural, of the country ;
fourthly, the want of some fixity of tenure for agri-
cultural purposes ; and, fifthly, the absence of all
means of communication except by foaming tor-
rents in canoes, or over goat-tracks on foot, which
render all productions of the country except such as,
like gold, could be carried with great care in small
weight and compass, practically valueless. The
chairman, in proposing the thanks of the society to
his Grace the Duke of Newcastle for sending the
papers, as well as to the authors, said that he was
much struck with the fact that vessels of large ton-
nage could navigate the rivers, thus affording ac-
cess to the auriferous regions. The plan of the
Island of St. Juan, about which the Governments
of the two countries were in dispute, was before
them. It was obvious that it would be of the
highest importance to have the distinct line of the
Fraser River for the transit of their auriferous
products. He had specimens of the nuggets found
in the Fraser River ; they were all of small size,
but it might turn out that some would yet be found
as large as in any of the Australian gold regions.
Dr. Hodgkin had been struck by the observa-
tions made respecting the Indians. It had been
noticed that they were improvident, but he believed
that if proper care was taken of them they would
prove of great service to the European population.
Sir E. Belcher said that what gave him most con-
cern
was the boundary line. In 1838 he had sailed
up the Columbia River below the 46th parallel, and I
had not found one American located there, but on
arriving at Fort Vancouver there were some Arne•
rican missionaries who had been provided by the 1
Hudson Bay Company with seed, sheep, and every
facility for settling ; and when a certain number
had arrived, they called on the United States Go- •
vernment to establish American rights there, and
that was the way England had been ousted from
the Columbia river. An insurrection soon after
broke out in California, and the American governor
told him that if the British Government gave up
to the United States the southern boundary of the
Oolutubiu, she would allow England to take Cali-
fornia for the Mexican debt. He had seen the
Mexican Charge d'Affaires and told him that he
had sent a despatch to England containing that
proposition ; but, as he was a sailor and had tra-
velled out of his strict province in writing direct to
the Foreign-office, no notice was taken of the com-
munication, and the result was that England lost
California, the Columbia, and was "fleeted" up to
the 49th degree. Had the British Government
adopted the proposal made in 1838 there would be
no occasion for the " San Juan difficulty" of the
present day. After some observations from Mr.
Crawfurd, denying that the influx of gold would
sonsibly affect the relative value of metals and pro-
visions, the meeting was adjourned to the 9th of
January.

11118 DAY'S MARKETS.