The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-29 00:00:00

COURSE OF FaCHANGE.-THIS DAY.

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NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM
DISTRICT BANK.

NEWCASTLE, SATURDAY.

A special meeting of the shareholders of this com-
pany was held to-day at the bank, " for the purpose
of assenting to the said company registering itself
as a company other than a limited company, under
the Joint-Stock Banking Companies' Act, 1857."
Mr. W. B. OGDEN, the acting director, was called
to the chair, and explained that the effect of register-
ing themselves under the act in question would be,
that the separate property of individual shareholders
could not be affected by legal proceeding.. There
were some actions already pending, and the parties
suing would be in a condition to issue executions
against the separate property of any one share-
holder, whichever they might deem best to select.
But if they placed themselves under the provisions
of this act, the shareholders individually would be
protected, and the funds of the bank alone could be
proceeded against.
Mr. JONATHAN PRIESTMAN having moved, and
Mr. J. GREY, of Di!ston, seconded a resolution for
registering the company as suggested by the chair-
man.

Mr. BAINBRIDGE, as the representative of a large
shareholder, asked whether it was the intention of
the directors, after taking the benefit of this act, to
take advantage also of the winding-up clauses of
the act of 1856, and appoint liquidators ? That
would dispense with the necessity for a compulsory
winding-up, such as was provided for in previous
acts, and he was firmly convinced that if they did
not take that voluntary step for the satisfaction of
the creditors, even of the debtors and of all parties,
they would at last come into the Court of Bank-
ruptcy, or the Court of Chancery, under the com-
pulsory clauses, for he did not think the creditors
of the bank would submit to be unrepresented in
the process of winding-up. Ho believed such a mea-
sure as he suggested to be absolutely required for
the ultimate safety of the whole concern, while it
would give great satisfaction to the whole mercan-
tile community if they took steps to make their
affairs properly known. He recommended that
another meeting should be held, with a view of
adopting his suggestion.
The motion of Mr. Priestman having been put
and carried unanimously,
The CHAIRMAN stated, in reply to a question,
that the amount for which actions had as yet been
raised by creditors was comparatively small, not
exceeding 8,000/.
Mr. FAIRS said it would be the most satisfactory
mode of investigation to have an inspection of the
affairs of the bank, under the authority of the Board
of Trade, according to other provisions of the Bank-
ing Companies' Act, and the directors might now
undertake to call a meeting to consider that pro-
posal. It was clear that there must be a full and
proper examination without delay. The committee
of shareholders, appointed the other thy to aet
along with the directors, could not bs expected to
devote sufficient time to it, and it would be more
satisfactorily done under the authority of the Board
of Ti ado.

Mr. GREY supported the resort to one or other
of th 3 two plans now suggested, it being the obvious
interest of all parties in this miserable affair, that
the business should be wound up at the earliest
possible period, and at the least expense.
After some conversation,
The CHAIRMAN, in reply to questions addressed
to him gave a ready pledge on the part of the
directors, that they would agree to any mode of
inspection which the shareholders might call for,
and that they would take the initiative by calling a
meeting of the shareholders, to consider the pro-
posals now made by Mr. Bainbridge and Mr. Fairs,
as soon as ever it should appear desirable.
This pledge appeared to give general satisfaction,
and the meeting then separated.

THE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ELECTION.

AYLESBURY, DEC. 28.
OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL

This morning, at eleven o'clock, the official de-
claration of the numbers polled for the respective
candidates at the recent election took place at the
Town-hall.

Mr. Cavendish, the successful candidate, was ac-
companied by a good many of his principal sup-
porters, among whom were Messrs. Darvill, Cooper,
the Rev. Mr. Phillimore, Mr. A. Tindal, the Rev.
Mr. Erle, Mr. S. M. Gibbs, Mr. Z. Phillips, the
Rev. Mr. Gates, Messrs. Watson, Benson, White,
Payne, arc. CaptAin Hamilton, the defeated can-
didate, was also accompanied by a number of gen-
tlemen connected with the Conservative party,
among whom were Mears. Lowndes, Franklin, J.
and T. Parrott, Baynes, Fowler, Bennett, 'Sze., and
the hall was nearly filled with electors and others.
PHILIP WROUGHTON, Esq., High Sheriff of the
county, then stood forward and declared the num-
bers polled for the candidates to be as follows
Cavendish

Hamilton
_ _ _

Majority for Mr. Cavendish... -163
and he, therefore, declared that gentleman to have
been duly elected as a knight of the shire to repre-
sent the county of Bucks in the present Parlia-
ment. (Great cheering.)
Mr. CAVENDISH then stood forward to address
the electors, and was received with vociferous
cheering. He said that before alluding to his own
personal feelings, Le must congratulate his friends
and the supporters of Liberal principles in the
county of Bucks upon the great triumph they had
achieved. (Cheers.) He was not so conceited as
to suppose that it was his own political merits that
had carried him through successfully in this con-
test ; but he felt that he owed his success entirely
to the exertions of the Liberal party in the county,
and to their determination to support Liberal
principles. (Hear, hear.) He returned them,
however, his most sincere thanks for the time and
trouble they had expended in his cause. He had
been induced to come forward originally upon
the understanding that if he did so there would
have been no contest ; and he regretted that they
should have been taken from their homes, embroiled
in a contested election at this season of the year.
He would not now detain them any longer, and
should only again express his sincere thanks fur the
honour they had conferred upon him, and he trusted
he should never do anything that would induce
them to regret the confidence they had reposed in
him. (Cheers.)
Captain HAMILTON then addressed the electors,
and, after some preliminary observations, ho said
ho felt it a duty he owed to those gentlemen who
had given him their support on the present occa-
sion, and also to the Conservative party in the
county, to state the reasons that had induced him
to come forward as a candidate, and to say what
appeared to him were the reasons for the defeat
they had experienced. At the time the notice ap-
peared of tee vacancy in the representation of the
county by the elevation of their late honow able
member to the peerllgo, he had not the least inten-
tion to offer himself as a candidate ; and when he
received a requisition most numerously signed by
tenant farmers of the county, calling upon him to
do so, he still refused, because he considered that
there were many other gentlemen who, by their
wealth and position, were much better qualified to
represent this largo Conservative county in Patin:-
merit than himself. When, however, he found
out that no other gentleman would come forward,
and he had received a large number of letters from
gentlemen of great influence in the county, ten-
dering him their support, he felt it incumbent upon
him to offer himself at the eleventh hour ; but,
under the circumstances, any ether reault than the
one that Lad taken place, could hardly have been
anticipated. (Hear, hear.) He had called It a
defeat of the Conservative party, but he thought he
ought to have hardly used th it expression, as it ap-
peared to him they had not, in point of fact, been
defeated, but bad merely sustained a check. (Hear,
hoar.) His honourable opponent issued his
address cn the 12th of December, and although
the names of four gentlemen were put forward
as being candidates in the Coeserva ive interest,
his own being the last, they all declined the
honour except himself, and his address to the
electors was not issued until the 18th, and he had
only two daps to canvass the county, and they
had been defeated because they were out:tepped
at the commencement. (Cries of " Hear, hear,'
and "No, no.") He had only been able to attend
at Newport Pagnell on the Wednesday, and at the
High Wycombe market on the Thursday, and that
was the whole of the canvass ho had been able to
make. If he had had an opportunity to hive
canvassed the whole of the county, he believed
there was no doubt that he would have b.-en
returned. (Cheers, and cries of " No, no.") The
hon. candidate then said, that although when lie
was in Parliament he had supported the prof o4i-
tion for the admission of the Jaws into the
House of Commons, he feared that, on the pre-
sent occasion, the Jewish influence in the counly
had been used against him, and that the screw had
been put on in influential quarters to prevent hie
election. (A cry of " We are fighting you with
your own weapons.") He had certainly not asked
the Rothschild family for their support, but he
believed that all their influence had been thrown
into the scale for his opponent. (Hear, hear, and
interruption.) In conclusion, he said that in the
event of a vacancy in the representation of the
county taking place on any future occasion,. he
pledged himself again to come forward as the re-
presentative of the Conservative feeling of the
county. (. cry of "And you will be just as
warmly received as you have been now;" and
laughter.) He hoped that the Conservatives of
the county of Bucks would feel that he had, only

been actuated by a feeling of public duty in offer-
ing himself to represent the county on this occa-
sion, and that they would also feel that, although
he had Leen unsuccessful, still that this result was
owing to the peculiar circumstances under which
the election had taken place, and that it ought
not to be looked upon as any proof of a diminu-
tion in the Conservative feeling of the county.
(Cheers.)
A vote of thanks to the High Sheriff was then
proposed by Captain HAMILTON, and seconded by
Mr. CAVENDISH, and carried unanimously ; and
The Man SHERIFF having briefly returned
thanks, the proceedings of the election terminted.

THE INDIAN MUTINIES.

MARCH OF THE AVENGERS.

"It was a glorious sight," says an officer, "to
witness the troops under Grant marching proudly
along, one solid mass of stalwart fellows, of robust
and vigorous frames, but active and energetic--
under thorough discipline, and every man having
an air of firm determination. The natives gaze at
the Highlanders with astonishment and dread, and
style them (with reference to their garle) 'the ghosts
of the murdered Englishwomen risen to avenge
The Delhi column looked as if they had had hard
fighting-and great exposure, but the men were in
capital spirits. The Bth and 75th were in mouse-
coloured dresses, which looked odd at first, but un-
queitionably was a capital colour to fight in, as it is
so difficult to perceive it at a distance. The Sikhs
were dressed in the same way. Two of our guns
were drawn by elephants, which somewhat asto-
ni:thed the Royals, and would rather create a sen-
sation at Woolwich."—Lctter from Bombay.