The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-01 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

OBTAINING GOODS BY FALSE PRETENCES AND BY
MEANS OF FORGED ORDERS.— Henry Aston, a young man,
was charged, before Mr. Tyrwhitt, with obtaining some
cloth from Messrs. Scott Adie, Scotch woollen merchants,
Regent-street.

It appears that the prisoner, who was formerly a clerk
in the employ of Messrs. Mackay, Burke, and Wheeler,
military tailors, No. 120, New Bond-street, but left about
eight months ago, wont on the 28th of last metal: to
Messrs. Scott and Adie's and asked for two lengths of cloth,
and the assistant, believing that the prisoner was still
in Messrs. Mackay, Burke, and Wheeler's employ,>llowed
him to take them away. Information reaching Butcher,
137 C, that the prisoner was obtaining goods by similar
means from different tradesmen, Butcher called upon Mr.
Mackay and ascertained that the prisoner had no authority
to go for goods in the name of the firm, and a warrant.
was then applied for, and the prisoner taken into custody.
Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded the prisoner.
Thos. Hiatt, 82, Gray's-inn-road, described as a writer
and grainer, was charged with knowingly uttering forged
or3ers for the delivery of a quantity of paper hangings, of
the value of £lO, with intent to defraud Mr. Silas Tucker,
of 234, High Holborn.

Mr. C. W. Denney, assistant to Mr. Tucker, proved that
the prisoner brought the different orders for goods, the
order being signed " Thos. Hiatt," and believing the pri-
soner had been sent by his father, who was a customer,
ho allowed him to have the goods. On making inquiry
at the father's address in London-street, Fitzroy-square,
ho ascertained that he was out of town on the day the
order bore date.

Mr. Mackay said he believed the order taken to the last
witness was written by the prisoner in the previous case.
The prisoner was remanded, it being believed there will
be several other cases.

WESTMINSTER.

ASSAULT WITH A FORK AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE WITH
A KNlFE.—Charlotte Turner, an unfortunate woman, was
charged with stabbing Susan Perkins, another unfortunate
woman, living at 9, Union-place, Orchard-street, West-
minst3r.

Prosecutrix said she quarrelled with a woman with
whom she lived, the latter taking refuge in the prisoner's
room, whither she wont with the intention of persuading
her to come back with her and have some tea. The pri-
soner would not open her door, and witness went to the
window to speak to her friend, when prisoner rushed out
and struck her on the eye. She struck prisoner back in
the face, • and directly she did so, the prisoner fetched a
three-pronged fork, tried to stab her in the head, but
wounded her severely in the shoulder.

Rogan Bishop, a married woman, corroborated. She,
with others, seized the prisoner and took the fork away
with her. Neither the prisoner nor prosecutrix were
sober.

Mary Ann Watts, a labourer's wife, corroborated as to
the assault, and said that when she was prevented stabbing
prosecutrix she took up a knife and tried to cut her throat,
and she succeeded in making a slight cut. The people
screamed, and the prisoner, who was drunk and excited,
rushed into her own room, but did no mischief to herself.

Prisoner said she was made drunk by the prosecutrix,
and did not recollect anything except that the prosecutrix
struck her first and aggravated her.

Mr. Salle remanded her for a weok.

This is not the first time that the prisoner has stood in
the dock at this court charged with attempting to commit
suicide.

THAMES.

THE FORGIVING WIFE AND BRUTAL HUSBAND,—Geo.
Hal), a labourer, aged 43 years, and, late of No.-5, Lower

Mary-street, Bromley, was brought up on remand
charged with violently. assaulting his wife, Jane Hall, who
is 7 months' advanced in pregnancy, and has received
serious injuries.

The evidence given on the first examination pro.ved that
an atrocious atrage was inflicted on the unfortunate
woman. Her husband, a dissipated fellow, came home
one night it4oxicaten while she was lighting a fire in the
kitchen, and ho commenced grumbling, and complained
that the fire was not lighted earlier. Ho knocked her
down and kicked her, and knelt upon her chest. He was
pressing her body against the floor and beating her head
on the boards, when two women, named Newman and
Hogan, entered and intevosed. They asked him if ho in-
tended to kill the woman, on which he turned his abuse
upon them, and said it was no business of thoirs. The
complainant went to the door and fell down in the street.
She was raised and staggered a few paces, fell again, and
was insensible for some time. Sho was attended by Mr.
Foster, a medical practitioner, who declared on his oath
that she had received a kick ou the lower part of the spine,
and was in danger. She was carried in and out of the
court in a state of great agony. Sho now appeared won-
derfully recovered, and addressed the magistrate with great
volubility. She said that she was not hurt at all, that she
had no marks, and that the prisoner was a very good hus-
band to her except when he " broke out" now and then. if
he was sent to prison she and her children would starve.
It. was all her fault. The imprisonment which her hus-
band had undergone would bo a warning to him as long as
he lived.

Mr. Partridge requested Mr. Nairn to read the deposi-
tions, and while ho was doing so, the complainant said it
was all wrong, the women Newman and Hogan saw
nothing.

Mr. Partridge said the complainant had been very bru-
tally assaulted by her husband, and she was now endea-
voufing to screen him. Ho could not pass over such an
atrocious case as this, and the prisoner must be punished
and with great severity ; no- woman would bo safe if
he was to discharge the prisoner.. Ile sentenced him to
be imprisoned four months and kept to hard labour. If
the complainant and her children were in distress they
must apply at the workhouse.

The Bishop of London in the Cholera

Districts.

Yesterday afternoon the Bishop of London
visited the East of London for the purpose of con-
ferring with the clergy of the rural deaneries of
Spitalfields and Stepney, comprising a large num-
ber of densely populated parishes and ecclesiastical
districts, as to the best mode of applying the
cholera funds, as to providing for convalescents,
orphans, &c., and to consult on the present state of
the East-end parishes generally. The large pa-
rochial school-room in Brook-street, Spitalfields,
in which the meeting was bell, was completely
filled.

The Bishop of LONDON, in opening the proceed-
ings, said it was a matter of great thankfulness to
Almighty God that the sore disease with which
those districts had been so severely afflicted was
decreasing. The thanks of all were surely due to
those clergy who, at the risk of their health and
life, had been labouring in ministering to the phy-
sical and spiritual wants of their families. Times
like the present were overruled for good, morally
and physically, to the poor, and not only to
them, but to others also. The whole of society
might be said to pause and consider what could
be done for the welfare of those who were
liable to such sore sicknesses. He trusted that
this visitation would also prove a blessing in refe-
rence to the establishment of suitable convalescent
hospitals. There was a large sum yet at the dis-
posal of the Mansion-house Committee, some of
which and other funds might be obtained, so that
suitable houses and lands might very speedily be ob-
tained.
might receive grants from the
metropolitanassociation to send convalescent pa-
tients t
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tolicese houses, care being taken that
the patients were not likely to carry infection with
them. It would be well to ascertain, so far as pos-
sible, how many patients could be found. On these
points he should be glad if the clergy Could assist
him' with any statistics. The case of the orphans
was an important one, and one of great pressing
necessity. Letters which had been sent to him from
those districts seemed to show that many of the
children had lost both parents, while others had lost
only one. It would therefore betesirable to know
how many there were, in order that provision might
be made to prevent the necessity of their settling
down in the workhouses. Of course, many of the
children who had the misfortune to lose their parents
were of a class that ought to be received into the
workhouses, and he thought it ought to be kept in
mind that the benevolent efforts now being made
must not relieve parochial authorities from their
plain duty in this matter. Nor must they sanction
the idea that the instruction of children could not
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them. It would' be fatal toconfess that it was im-
possible to bring up children carefully in the work-
houses, for in many of them the instruction and
management of the children were very good. Many
of the boys on attaining to the proper age were
draughted off to the army and navy, or other" occu-
pations were found for them. With the girls there
wasmore difficulty. Many of the
persons
been afflicted with this disease
nece
who ssarilyhad much
would a few weeks ago have considered it the
greatest calamity that could befall them to be sent
to the workhouse. Many of them were skilled
workmen and persons earning fair wages. That
their families had been placed in great distress,
was, he considered, a fair ground of appeal to the
benevolent to step in and place them in such a posi-
tion as they would have maintained if their parents
had lived. That a large number of orphans would
have to be provided for by private charity could not
be denied. As to the vexed question whether the
present orphanages were quite sufficient to meet all
the calls that might be made, he thought it might
be postponed for the present. The fund with which
he was connected, and he thought the Mansion-
house Fund, would follow, in the matter of orphans,
the same rule as was applied to convalescents, not
to take in hand at present the foundation of any
new institutions, or supplementing existing institu-
tions, but would, as far as they were able, assist
orphans by giving something to their maintenance
either with their own friends, or in any institution
that might be selected. He should like therefore
to have returns from various parishes in reference
to those children who had lost both father and
mother, as well as those who had lost only one parent.
A great deal was to be said in favour of those chil-
dren being sent to friends, but nothing could be said
against their being provided for in other ways. In
the house at Clapton which Mrs. Gladstone had se-
cured girls would be received, and boys above seven
at the institution founded •at Pimlico. On these
matters full information could be obtained of Capt.
Helbert, 11, Carlton-terrace. At Fulham Mrs. Tait
had procured a small house where 12 girls would be
received. Any clergyman might receive informa-
tion from Mrs. Tait on the subject.

Much information on matters of detail was given
by the Bishop in reference to administration of funds
in answer to several clergymen who put questions to
him.

The Rev. I. TAYLOR, Incumbent of St. Matthias,
Bethnal-green, gave some information in reference
to the means be had adopted for providing convales-
cent homes for cases which had occurred in his parish.
To most of the existing homes there seemed to be some
fatal objections. Some were inconveniently situated,
some were full, and some were so far away that they
could only be reached at a great expense. But for
the east of London they wanted some places near
at hand, and where there was no party religious
teaching. (Hear, hear.) They wanted some place
within a shilling railway fare, or within a shilling
cab fare from their own neighbourhood. He spoke
of a capital house which he had seen, but he feared
it would be 'difficult to obtain it on account of the
timidity of the managers, who were afraid of the
opposition of the neighbourhood.

The Rev. W. BAIRD, of St. Gabriel's Mission,
thought it would be a great blessing if an institu-
tion could be provided for those children who had
lost their mother's protection.

The Rev. ISAAC TAYLOR suggested that it would
be of great assistance to the clergy if a short state-
ment could be drawn up showing what orphanages
were available and circulated among the clergy. At
present a vast deal of their time was employed in
writing to various institutions for particulars.
The Rev. T. PECKSTON, chaplain of Bethnal-
green Workhouse, said he feared it would be neces-
sary to have a large increase of the funds placed At

the Bishop's disposal to meet the cases that would
probably arise. There were a large number of
orphans in Bethual-green, and he as a workhouse
chaplain looked upon the matter in a very serious
light. At the present moment his district was not
altogether free from the disease. Therefore they
ought to be very cautious, for they did not know
one moment from another what might occur. Even
now the ratepayers must feel very severely the bur-
den of the rates. lie himself had paid £2 2s. Bid.
for the last half-year on a £25 year's rental, and
that was a very hard thing to bear. Presently he
was afraid they would have to pay £l5 or £l6 a
year in Bethnal-green on a similar rental, a thought
which was positively alarming. Many of the rate-
payers, he feared, would have to go to the work-
house themselves.

The Rev. G. 11. incumbent in Christ
Church, St. George's-in-the-East, the Rev. A. 11.
Sitwell, incumbent of St. Peter's, Stepney, and the
Rev. J. Cohen, rector of Whitechapel, spoke in
favour of homes for convalescents.

The Rev. S. B. BURNABY, rector of Wapping,
strongly urged that the surrounding parishes should
assist in keeping up Wapping workhouse, which
was about to be closed, as a cholera hospital. The
parish was entirely free from zymotic diseases.
The Rev. C. F. LOW DER, of St. George's-in-the-
East, strongly urged that an application should be
made for a portion of the funds of St. Katherine's
Hospital, which had been removed from the east of
London. He had made an application to the War-
office for an unused barrack, but was refused on the
ground that if cholera broke out among the troops
it might be required. Probably if a little pressure
were put upon the *War-office it might be secured.
The Rev. A. STRUGNELL, minister of St. Jude's,
Bethnal-green, hoped that false security would not
be encouraged by reports that danger was at an
end. In his district there was one fatal case yes-
torday, and one on the day previously.
The Rev. J. PATTESON, rector of Spitalfields, the
Roy. G. Eastman, chaplain of Whitechapel Work-
house, and other gentlemen gave the result of their
experiences in their districts.

The Bishop of LONDON said that at a meeting at
the Mansion-house on the previous day there was a
very cordial expression of a desire on the part of
the authorities to co-operate as much as possible
with the managers of the fund over which he pre-
sided and the clergy through whom it was distri-
buted. A very cordial desire was also expressed
that the clergy should co-operate with the local
committees in the general measures taken for the
prevention and cure of the disease. In the
Metropolitan Relief Association they took great
care to communicate with the Mansion-house
committee with respect to grants, and the Mansion-
house committee communicated with them, and it
was desirable that the same good feeling should
exist among the agents through whom the relief
was administered. He might mention, not for the
clergy, who knew it well, but for the public gene-
rally, that the Metropolitan Relief Association,while
it distributed its alms on this and every occasion
through the district visitors, made it a distinct and
marked rule that religious distinctions were not to
be recognised as a condition of relief, and there was
no clergyman in that part of the country, he was
sure, who would not give to a poor Irish Roman Ca-
tholic, or to a dissenter, as willingly as to a member
of his own communion. Obviously from what had
been said that day, there were two things to be con-
sidered, viz., the permanent improvements in Lon-
don which -might result from this great visitation,
and the immediate improvements required to meet
immediate wants. There might be much diversity
of opinion as to the permanent machinery, and it
was not unnatural that while one gentleman should
have a scheme for the equalisation of poor-rates,
another about St. Katharine's Hospital, they should
be desirous of seeing them carried out. But in pro-
viding for convalescents he thought no time should
be lost ; and the same remark applied to orphans.
His lordship ably reviewed all the suggestions that
had been made, and said he should be glad to have
further details upon them, so that they might be put
into a systematic form and acted upon without de-
lay. lie thanked the clergy for their attendance,
and for the reliable information they had afforded
him.

A cordial vote of thanks was then awarded to the
bishop, who dismissed the meeting with the bene-
diction.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Aug. 31.
The new Viceregal Court has arrived in Ireland
at a very opportune time to relieve the dulness of
the autumn holiday period by giving an impetus to
social life in the Irish metropolis, which was becom-
ing somewhat languid. Already several Viceregal
dinner parties have been given by the Lord-Lieu-
tenant, while Court balls, drawing-rooms, and
levees are held out in promise for the future. The
Lord Mayor of Dublin, too, who has very hospitably
supported his year of office, has announced his in-
tention of giving shortly a banquet at the Mansion-
house,at which Lord Abercorn is to be the honoured
guest, and as Mr. Lane Joynt, the citizen upon
whose shoulders the mayoralty robes fall nextyear,
has also given promise of munificence in dispensing
the hospitalities of his office, a very pleasant winter
season is anticipated by the Irish metropolis. Ad-
dresses of various kinds and of the usual nature are
still being presented at the Viceregal-lodge—some
being complimentary and others didactic. Among
three just presented is one of some general interest.
It came from the International Rifle Association,
and requested the Lord Lieutenant to permit him-
self to be constituted the guardian of the famous
Irish trophy of the last Volunteer rifle meeting at
Wimbledon, where his Excellency presided over a
contest ending in Lieut. Hopkins carrying off the
Challenge Prize by a single point from his compe-
titors, Mr. Waterman for England, and Mr. Plen-
derleith for Scotland. The Lord-Lieutenant com-
plied with the request with pleasure, and has given
permission for the public exhibition of the trophy
at the Dublin Winter-garden Palace.
The usual Irish exhibitions of cattle, agricultural
implements, fruits, vegetables, and the more attrac-
tive but less generally useful objects of horticulture,
have been going forward with undecreascd vigour.
Yesterday, a very excellent display of fruit and
vegetables, combined with an horticultural exhibi-
tion, in which objects from the gardens of Lord
Meath, Loid roWerscourt, and Lord Monck ob-
tained prizes, was held in Bray, under the direction
of the Rathdown Horticultural Society, a society
carrying on its transactions very much on the plan
of the Royal Horticultural Society of Ireland. At
Kildare a cattle-show took place on the previous
day, and at Maryborough another agricultural dis-
play was opened a few days since. The mainte-
nance of such displays is considered of special value
in Ireland, from the immense importance of every-
thing bearing on the agricultural products of the
country ; also from their presenting a common
ground on which every class may meet without ap-
pearing incongruous, and on the basis of a mutual
interest compete fairly in producing a perfection
useful to all.

Mr. Joy, Q.C., and Mr. Chatterton, Q.C., are
understood to have stated their intention of coming
forward for the Parliamentary representation of the
University of Dublin, should Mr. Walsh, the Irish
Attorney-General, be called on to resign his seat
through any appointment consequent on the filling
up of the vacant Mastership of the Rolls.
Sir A. C. Weldon's sister, a young lady, lost her
life while driving on Wednesday in the neighbour-
hood of Mountrath, owing to the animal, attached
to a phaeton in which she was seated, running away
with and finally upsetting the vehicle. She survived
the injuries she thus received but a few hours.
A circular from Colonel Wood, Inspector-Gene-
ral of Constabulary, has been issued from his office,
Dublin Castle, announcing that the regulation
granting increase of pay to the Irish constabulary
had come into operation, and would date from the
Ist of April last.

BIG BOQUET FOR PATTl.—Duriug the perform-
anco of the Barber of Seville, a few days since at
Elomburgh, Miss Alice Riggs, of Now Ycrk, sent Patti a
boquet larger than a cola basket, and which the pretty
singer was unable to carry, and had to get assistance to
remove it fain the stage.

London, Chatham, and Dover Railway.

f The following appeared in our Third Edition .of lasi
evening.)

The ordinary half-yearly general meeting of this com-
pany was held to-day at St. James's Hall. It was origi-
nally arranged that the meeting should take place at the
Westminster Palace Hotel ; but, from the, extraordinary
circumstances in which the company is placed, and the
consequent excitement of the shareholders, it was ex-
pected that the attendance would be so numerous as to
require much larger accommodation, and the present spa-
cious premises were selected, to which., after a formal as
semblage at Westminster Palaco Hotel, the proceedings
were adjourned. However, the meeting was by no means
so numerous as was expected, the Hall not being quite
full.

-Lord SONDES, the chairman of the company, took the
chait about half-past one o'clock, and a large number of
the debenture holders accompanied his lordship to the
platform, to which admission was obtained by tickets.
The report and statement of accounts having been taken
as read,

The Cit.uumAx said that the shareholders had not been
furnished with the report because some delay had arisen
in making up the accounts, which was unavoidable. The
report opened withi a table, which gave details of the ex-
penses and income of the company for the past half-year.
It appeared that the traffic fur the past half-year exceeded
4,900,000, and there was a small increase in the receipts as
compared with the preceding half-year. He regretted as
much as any one the difficulties in which the company had
been placed. Those difficulties arose from their inability
to pay the debenture holders £400,000, 'arising from the
state of the money market. Their other liabilities they
were unable to meet from the same cause, and some of
their creditors had recourse to Chancery and rolling stock,
and other property of the company had been surrendered to
meet, as far as possible, their claiins. However, ho was
happy to say that these important works had not been im-
peded, and the traffic continued Without interruption.
(Hear, hear.) The board had applied to Parliament for
powers to raise additional capital, which would have
enabled them to meet all their liabilities ; but their appli-
cation was opposed in the House of Lord; and it was
then too late in the session to accomplish their object.
The interest on the loans must be paid, and
.that must
come out of the receipts of the traffic realised by the
company. The income for the past half-year has been
applied to the payment of the interest of their debts, and
the income for the next half-year would be dealt with by
the Court of Chancery until the affairs of the company
were arranged. They could not obtain additional powers
to raise money until the next meeting of Parliament. If,
as was proposed, a committee of inquiry were appointed,
it should have all the assistance the board could render
to accomplish what they all must desire, namely, the pros-
perity of the company. There could be no doubt as to
the great difficulties in which they were placed, but these
were not irretrievable ; and it must be remembered that
they had a line and branches almost completed, and they
had the most valuable termini of any company in the
kingdom. By a reference to the report it would be per-
ceived that the shareholders might confidently look for-
ward to having their traffic doubled in seven years
Lord lanais seconded the adoption of the report.
Sir J. CURTIS said that he disclaimed any feeling of
hostility towards the directors, or having had any concert
with the shareholders. He considered, notwithstan ding
the position of their affairs, that if they acted with union
among themselves they would preserve this great com-
pany from ruin. He denied that the directors were alone
to blame for undertaking the bold schemes in which they
had engaged. Parliament shared in the blame, if blame
there had been, in sanctioning the extension. (Cries of
"No, no.") He again urged on the meeting the necessity
of unanimity amongst themselves.
Mr. STURGEON, in referring to the proposed committee
of which it was proposed he should be a member, moved
as an amendment that the report should be merely re-
ceived, and that the committee should consist of a number
of gentlemen whom he named; and further, that no bill
should be promoted hout the a royal of the com-
mittee. He said that all the committee should be large
shareholders, and should be qualified by their ability to
discharge their duties efficiently for the interests of the
shareholders. The debenture holders would be repre-
sented by at least two members of the committee. Ho
attributed the failure of the company to its being a con-
tractor's line, which involved them in groat difficulties.
If they could have got £300,000 or £400,000, there would
have been no stoppage. He referred to the London and
Brighton Railway, the management of which he praised,
and said that company had raised £645,000, but if a run
had been made on them by the bank, it is very doubtful
if they would havobeen able to meet their demand. (Hear,
hear. With respect to a paragraph in the report which
related to a sum of £1,000,000, the fact was that that land
was far more valuable than the amount in question, and if
they would advance him £50,000 he would undertake that
they should not at present be troubled about the money.
Mr. WATER, a shareholder, complained of tho gross
mismanagement of the directors, and seconded the
amendment. •

Mr. REED, after a speech in which ho provoked the
greatest opposition, gave notice that he would move as at.
amendment—" That this meeting receive the report, sub-
jeat to any verbal alteration, with the statement of ac-
counts, and that the meeting be adjourned until the 15th
of October, in order that a further statement may be given
by the directors of the affairs of the company, distinguish-
ing under separate heads the accounts of expenditure and
of liability out of which the claims and interests thereon
may be met, together with a specific statement of the course
of action they recommend to be adopted."
Lord Haunts said that in consequence of the unfor-
tunate condition of the company, the directors had been
living in a state of protracted agony. The only reason
why the interest on debentures had not been paid was
money could only be raised on terms which would ruin the
company beyond redemption. He hoped the committee
would thoroughly investigate the affairs of the company,
but he must say that the directors had done everything
they could for the benefit of the company. He confessed
that he had had little experience of accounts, and had been
obliged to trust to those of the board who seemed to know
better about these matters than himself. It was no doubt
very desirable that they should adopt the most eligible
means for restoring themselves to a condition of prosperity.
He had learned within the last few days something which
caused him and other directors the greatest annoyance,
namely, that there had been an over issue of debentures
as far as the city lines were concerned.

A SHAREHOLDER inquired as to what was the amount
of the over issue.

Lord HARRIS said that it amounted to £128,000. That
issue had been made by the contractors—(cries of " Shame
for the contractors"),-and they had been unable to take
them up, but that they would be repaid with interest. Sir
Morton Pato and Batts were their contractors, and he
could bear his testimony as to the manner in which they
executed the works and the interest they took in their
progress.
An angry discussion ensued in reference to the point.
Mr. VALENTINE KNIGHT said that he thought the direc-
tors should have been prepared with some suggestions.
(Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN said that these were the only over-issue,
and those who held them were not entitled to the rights of
ordinary debenture-holders. (Cries of "Shame," and great
confusion.)
A SHAREHOLDER inquired if it was clear who were
legally liable, and whether the directors themselves were
not the parties liable ?

A gentleman, whose name we were unable to obtain, re-
ferred to evidence given before the House of Lords, in
which it was stated by one of the witnesses that he was
clearly of opinion when money had been obtained in excess
of the borrowing powers of a company the directors were
liable to the payment of that excess. Ho said this over-
issue proved the necessity that existed for the committee,
which he trusted would probe the affairs of the comm ay
to the quick, and ascertain where the fault was in tho failure
of their undertaking.
Sir M. PETO, in reply to loud demands on the part of the
meeting, came forward and said that £1,330,000 had been
originally borrowed for the company, for which his firm
had made themselves responsible by their note of hand.
In consequence of the money which the company were in-
debted to his firm he found it necessary to raise the
amount of £128,000 to prevent the firm and the companY
collapsing. All that money had been laid out for the pur-
poses of the company, who could not therefore be sufferore
by the transaction, which, he admitted, was irregular•
The directors were not cognisant of the transaction, far
which he and his firm alone were responsible.
A SHAREHOLDER.—Who signed the debentures s'
u
Mr. BAXTER (Solicitor to the conipeann
sYi entered into
dered unintel-
ligible explanations which the meeting
ligible and evasive, and elicited rrre
snauidufthhiastseMsessrs.
The Secretary (Mr. W. E. Joa uhnson
Pete and Company
their financiers as well as
their contractors, andaicn tmdwitha thereference of railway corn-
they acted in conformitysew, of h greatestpractice confusion ensued,
panies. (lore a
attempted to address the meeting,
and several gentlemen atternp
but could not succeed in obtaining a hearing).
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment, which was carried
unanimously, and elicited great applause
The proceedings terminated with a vote cf thanks to
the Chairman.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE—Last Evening.

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