The Miner and Workman's Advocate. — 1865-03-25 (London, England)

OOO. All other profits were devoted to the reduction of the debt.—Mr. Laundy, accountant, then read a statement of the affairs, which showed a dividend of 12s. in the pound, at which there was much cheering. The Mayor then moved :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the affairs of the bank ought to be taken out of the control of the Court of Bankruptcy, and to be wound up under private arrangement • and that, accordingly, a committee, consisting iof the Mayor (H. Wiggin Esq.) and Messrs. Jeremiah Matthews, W. H. Dixon, George Turner, J. Gough, P. W. Bennett, J. Hughes, J. 8.. Allen, C. S. Shackel, and Dr. Miller, be now appointed, to ascertain and consider the position of the bank, with the view of securing the earliest possible distribution of the assets amongt the creditors; that such committee have power to negotiate with any parties who may be willing to provide funds for an immediate dividend, either as purchasers of the assets of the bank, or otherwise ; also to select and recommend suitable trustees, upon whom will ultimately devolve the winding up of the estate in any mode that may be determined upon and to report to an adjourned meeting of the creditors be held this day week."-1 ie Rev. Dr. Miller seconded the motion, which was carried with loud applause. —The Mayor next moved :—" That, to secure the appointment of fit persons as trustees, this meeting recommends creditors to prove their debts, and to give powers of attorney to vote upon the trusteeship, under such arrangements as the committee may sanction and announce by public -ad vertisement."—Alderman Turner seconded the motion, which was also adopted unanimously.—The meeting closed with a vote of thanks to the Chairman.  The Prince of Wales attended Chertsey steeple chases on Thursday. Six medical practitioners have died of fever at Greenock within the last few months.  Golden hair is now so popular in Paris that it is said to be selling at 125 francs (.5) an ounce. The s a Duchess uch Marlborough eo of Cambridge House anlbrid on visited The Princess or Wn Thursday. William Hamilton was on Friday sentenced to death, at the Manchester assizes, for the murder of Taylor Tilley, the landlord of the Globe Inn, Birchin Lane, in Manchester.  Mn. JoHs STUART MILL is a candidate or the repro sentation of Westminster.  Her Majesty the Queen (says the 02c1) will proceed to Coburg in August, to be present at the uncovering of a statue of the lamented! Prince Consort. Lord Granville will be the minister_ in attendance.  • If close commercial relations be an important guarantee of peace, one of the most satisfactory disclosures of the trade returns of the United Kingdom is the rapid growth in late years of our trade with France. The French demand for English exports has more than quadrupled since 184 b, as the following figures show :1849 . • 1850 .......... 2,401,956 1851 1852 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 The chief article of export from Great Britain to France is woollen goods. As regards imports, France now stands towards us in the place formerly occupied by the United States, the national imports of French products having amounted to more than twenty-four millions sterling in 1863 1862 --C21,675,516 1863 So important have the commercial relations of the two countries become to France that her trade with Great Britain now represents a third of her whole external commerce. The treaty of January 23, 1860, has largely contributed to this result, and laid both nations under lasting obligations to Mr. Cobden. The direct trade of India with ''France is not so ''()Teat as it ought to be. Our exports to that country in 1863 reached the value of about 6,000,000 Z. sterling, according to French returns