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Sitmjffakt Of News For Jitne
plaintiff , a medical gentleman , who attended him . On the same day , in the Court of Exchequer , was commenced the action of Barber v . Potter for slander . It , too , was continued through the next day , with a verdict for the defendant . In the Court of Error , the case of Mansell , the murderer , was again argued , when the judgment of the Court below was again confirmed .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 27 th of May , another colliery explosion took place in Monmouthshire , by which twelve persons lost their lives . On the night of the 30 th , a large number of persons were overtaken by the tide while crossing TJlverstone Sands / on the Lancashire coast , and drowned . On the 2 nd of June , Mr . James Algernon Stuart Austin was sentenced hy the Reigate magistrates to three weeks' imprisonment for attempting an indecent assault upon a young woman travelling by one of the South-Eastern Company ' s trains . . J
On the 3 rd , the wall ? of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Plymouth , owing to the weakness of the material employed in the construction , namely , Bath stone , gave way , and caused considerable damage . On the evening of the 9 th , one of the most extensive fires which have ever taken place in the metropolis occurred at the Camden Town station . Pickford ' s stores , and the merchandise in them , amounting in value to an immense sum , were completely destroyed .
Another gunpowder explosion took place upon the 16 th at Curtis and Harvey ' s gunpowder-mills at Bedfont , by which one man lost his life . On the 23 rd , a man named Michael Crawley was committed td Chelmsford gaol for the murder of his wife , Mary Crawley : a ferocious piece of butchery .
On the 27 th of May , the National Bank capitalized £ 29 , 899 Of its reserved fund , and further increased its capital by ^ taking over the Clonmel and Carrick-On-Suir Bank -thus making the shares £ 25 each , with a bonus of £ 2 . 105 . stock , and a dividend Of 6 per cent , per annum . On the 28 th , the proprietors of the Ionian Bank met and reported that during the past year , after ' pay i % the usual dividend , £ 2 , 177 the Rest . v : ' - ° - ' v .
On the 30 th , the Trust and Loan Company of Canada , out of £ 9 , 371 . 13 s ., the profits of thelast half-year , declared a dividend at the rate of 7 i per cent . On the 8 th of June , the proprietors of the Bank of Australasia met arid agreed to a dividend of 6 per cent , with a bonus of 14 per cent ., in all 20 per cent , out of the profits of the past year . ^ On the 12 th , the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Company declared a dividend of 71 per cent , upon the profits of the past year , and the proprietors of the Commercial Docks agreed to a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent .
per annum . On the 18 th of June , there was a special meeting of the North of Europe Steam-Packet Company , to receive the report of a Committee of Inquiry into the management of the concern . This report was of a most damaging character to the management . On the 20 th , the first meeting of the Australian Auxiliary Clipper Company was held . It was reported that £ 30 , 000 of the capital was not as yet taken up . On the 23 rd , the South Australian Banking Company declared a dividend of 12 per cent , per annum , free of income-tax , payable in half-yearly instalments .
BENEVOLENT . The annual festival of the Medical Benevolent College was held on the evening of the 28 th of May vwhen about £ 2 , 500 was subscribed to the funds of the college . On the 1 st of June , the friends of the Sailors' Orphan Girls' School dined together in aid of it » funds . Tbe subscriptions forthe yearamounted to ' 62 , 426 . 9 s . Id . and the expenditure to £ 1 , 792 . 19 $ : Id .
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Sitmjffakt Of News For Jitne
plaintiff , a medical gentleman , who attended him . On the same day , in the Court of Exchequer , was commenced the action of Barber v . Potter for slander . It , too , was continued through the next day , with a verdict for the defendant . In the Court of Error , the case of Mansell , the murderer , was again argued , when the judgment of the Court below was again confirmed .
ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES . On the 27 th of May , another colliery explosion took place in Monmouthshire , by which twelve persons lost their lives . On the night of the 30 th , a large number of persons were overtaken by the tide while crossing TJlverstone Sands / on the Lancashire coast , and drowned . On the 2 nd of June , Mr . James Algernon Stuart Austin was sentenced hy the Reigate magistrates to three weeks' imprisonment for attempting an indecent assault upon a young woman travelling by one of the South-Eastern Company ' s trains . . J
On the 3 rd , the wall ? of the new Roman Catholic Cathedral at Plymouth , owing to the weakness of the material employed in the construction , namely , Bath stone , gave way , and caused considerable damage . On the evening of the 9 th , one of the most extensive fires which have ever taken place in the metropolis occurred at the Camden Town station . Pickford ' s stores , and the merchandise in them , amounting in value to an immense sum , were completely destroyed .
Another gunpowder explosion took place upon the 16 th at Curtis and Harvey ' s gunpowder-mills at Bedfont , by which one man lost his life . On the 23 rd , a man named Michael Crawley was committed td Chelmsford gaol for the murder of his wife , Mary Crawley : a ferocious piece of butchery .
On the 27 th of May , the National Bank capitalized £ 29 , 899 Of its reserved fund , and further increased its capital by ^ taking over the Clonmel and Carrick-On-Suir Bank -thus making the shares £ 25 each , with a bonus of £ 2 . 105 . stock , and a dividend Of 6 per cent , per annum . On the 28 th , the proprietors of the Ionian Bank met and reported that during the past year , after ' pay i % the usual dividend , £ 2 , 177 the Rest . v : ' - ° - ' v .
On the 30 th , the Trust and Loan Company of Canada , out of £ 9 , 371 . 13 s ., the profits of thelast half-year , declared a dividend at the rate of 7 i per cent . On the 8 th of June , the proprietors of the Bank of Australasia met arid agreed to a dividend of 6 per cent , with a bonus of 14 per cent ., in all 20 per cent , out of the profits of the past year . ^ On the 12 th , the Church of England Life and Fire Assurance Company declared a dividend of 71 per cent , upon the profits of the past year , and the proprietors of the Commercial Docks agreed to a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent .
per annum . On the 18 th of June , there was a special meeting of the North of Europe Steam-Packet Company , to receive the report of a Committee of Inquiry into the management of the concern . This report was of a most damaging character to the management . On the 20 th , the first meeting of the Australian Auxiliary Clipper Company was held . It was reported that £ 30 , 000 of the capital was not as yet taken up . On the 23 rd , the South Australian Banking Company declared a dividend of 12 per cent , per annum , free of income-tax , payable in half-yearly instalments .
BENEVOLENT . The annual festival of the Medical Benevolent College was held on the evening of the 28 th of May vwhen about £ 2 , 500 was subscribed to the funds of the college . On the 1 st of June , the friends of the Sailors' Orphan Girls' School dined together in aid of it » funds . Tbe subscriptions forthe yearamounted to ' 62 , 426 . 9 s . Id . and the expenditure to £ 1 , 792 . 19 $ : Id .