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THE SUN, LONDON IVIOIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1866.

TO WEST-END DINERS.-
"THE WELLINGTON,"
ST. JAMES'S-STREET, PICCADILLY.
LADIES' SALOON DINING ROOM on the First Floor
The SUBSCRIPTION ROOMS are now OPEN.
Terms—Twelve Months.,Ll lts. 6d.
Six Months I ls. Od.
Apply, D. CAMERON, 49, St. James-street.

IitOYAL NAVAL, MILITARY, and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY (Esta-
blished A.D. 1837. under Royal Patronage), 17, Waterloo-
place, London, S.W.
ARTHUR R. HAMILTON, Secretary.
Agents wanted in towns not yet represented.

meeting to the chairman, deputy-chairman, and
other directors, and to the secretary and manager.

WEST FLANDERS.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was held
at the offices, Moorgate-street, on Friday, Mr. 11.
T. Frere, the president, in the chair.
Mr. Smith, the secretary, read the report, an ab-
stract of which has appeared in The Sun.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, said the
lessees had kept the line in a highly satisfactory
condition, looking forward probably to future profits
to recompense them for present improvements. Re
was glad there had been a general improvement in
the traffic, and he hoped it would continue. The
directors proposed to declare a dividend of 4s. 9d.
per share, and to carry over a balance of £2,463.
This they were enabled to do in consequence of a
resolution passed at the last meeting rescinding the
reservation of a certain numbei of bonds under the
agreement. There was nothing said as to the terms
for parting with that privilege, and the directors
agreed that the Societe d'Exploitation should pay
the company £3,000 for giving up the privilege. So
far it was like so much put into the shareholders'
pockets, giving them certain funds in hand. The
interest on the bonds falling due on Jan. Ist had
heretofore been met by borrowing from the banker,
which was undesirable. It acted against the com-
pany to be obliged to borrow `money to pay interest
on debentures falling due, and therefore they did
not increase the dividend, but thought it prudent to
keep the balance in reserve. He mentioned that 78
out of the 143 shares that were in excess of the sta-
tutable number had been received and cancelled.
The shares in excess were not a question of fraud ;
and they had now 65 shares to replace those
that were out, and as they came in they would be
cancelled. The 143 shares had been bought in by
the company as a reserve. They had but five direc-
tors, and since the last meeting death had taken
two from them—Mr. Till and Mr. Blunt. They
greatly appreciated the business talent of Mr. Till,
and as for Mr. Blunt he never missed attend-
ance at any meeting of the company in London
or Belgium except only on one occasion. It was
most important to carry on the business of the com-
pany economically. The necessity for keeping up
the establishment of the company to comply with
the Belgian law involved a certain expense. They
must pay their servants fairly, and the Board had
voted £5OO per annum; if they found that four
directors could do the business the allowance could
be reduced to £4OO. Three directors were neces-
sary for the transaction of business. The directors
had with great pains sought among the shareholders
for a member to fill one of the vacancies, and had
elected Mr. Thos. Dyer Edwardes, who was a large
shareholder in the company.
Mr. GREW seconded the motion.

Mr. S. HERAPATII remarked that the surplus lands
when sold would probably form a sufficient item to
meet the requirements of the company, and thus
leave the rent free for the payment of dividend. He
considered that the charges against revenue were
very heavy, and thought they might be reduced.
The expenses for London and Belgium amounted to
£3,111 a year.
Mr. GOEZ said it would be a great advantage to
know whether any of those expenses were tempo-
rary, so as to guide them in calculating future re-
sults. It was right to keep a reserve in hand to pay
the interest on the bonds when due.

The CHAIRMAN explained that the Board had
offered to sell the whole of the surplus lands at a fair
price to the leasing company, but they had declined
to purchase them. The plans of a vast number of
small pieces of land.belonging to the company had
been prepared with a view to sell them. The
' managing director believed they would realize a
much larger amount than they had asked from the
lessees for them, but the co►npany would not get so
much as they had paid for those lands. The ex-
penses could not be reduced for many years to come,
and would average £3,000 a year.
The report was unanimously adopted ; a dividend
of 4s. 9d. per share was approved, payable on the
15th of May ; Mr. T. D. Edwardes was elected a
director of the company ; and the proceedings con-
cluded with a vote of thanks to the chairman and
directors.

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strange appearance, requested-I*r- Ve, c
man did so, and went home, follolied V t's
daughter, who, knowing him well, was afraid that
he might do some harm with the billhook. Cooper,
upon arriving at his home, asked for his wife. He
was told that she was at work in a field near, and
he went up to her and said, in the presence of ano-
ther woman, " Wife, I have done something which
will hang me ; the police will soon be here." His
wife, thinking that he had been drinking, took him
home, and one of his daughters then took the bill-
hook from his hand. He remained in his house, sel-
dom speaking, until nearly 8 o'clock, when he was
arrested by Superintendent Adams and Sergeant
Bradshaw on suspicion of having murdered the de-
ceased woman. He did not answer the officers, and
maintained silence on the journey to Stafford. Upon
the coat he wore being minutely inspected stains of
blood were found upon it, and several spots of blood
were also observed on the billhook, which bore the
appearance of having been washed. It is just the
description of instrument which could inflict the
gashes on the face and neck of the deceased. The
police think that after the murder Cooper went to
some stream, washed his hands, and the instrument
referred to, and then proceeded on his way home.
He is about 45 years of age, sft. 3in, in height, and
his appearance is very uncouth. Mr. Moore says
that he is a man who, from his position, could not
drink habitually, but who would nevertheless in-
dulge when he could. For some time past his con-
duct has been exceedingly strange, and his manner
of addressing the inhabitants of the village where the
murder was committed has, in several instances, led
to the conviction that he is not sane, and this belief
is strengthened when it is considered that he could
have had no real motive in murdering the old wo-
man, who always treated him with the greatest
kindness. It has been said that Mrs. Buckley was
anxious to get rid cf him on Friday ; but this asser-
tion has no foundation. Cooper has a wife and
four children, the youngest being only a few months
old, and his wife was in the habit of adding to their
income by labouring for the different farmers in the
neighbourhood of Coppenhall.
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to prosecute the prisoner John
C saidoop
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charged on suspicion of the wilful murder of Ellen
Buckley. The crime, however, was not known to
the police until late on the previous day, so that they
had not been able to collect sufficient evidence to
insure a committal that morning. He therefore
wished the prisoner to be remanded until Thqrsday
next.
eto reply.
The he objected to the remand,
theWprhriesnonaesrkendla whether
no
An inquest will be held before Mr. W. :Morgan,
remanded him until the day
coroner, this (Monday) morning.