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Summary Of News Foe November
, _ 0 n the 12 th the inquiry into the Bryn Malley Colliery accident terminated by the jury returning a verdict of Accidental Death . On the 13 th a large portion of the Metropolitan District Schools was burned down , at Sutton . The children , upwards of 500 in number , narrowly escaped perishing in the conflagration . Garotte robberies have been general in the Metropolis .
L E G A L . Michaelmas term commenced on the 3 rd with two vacancies on the judicial bench , —one occasioned by the death of Sir John Jervis , and the other by the resignation of Baron Piatt . On the 7 th Mr . Watson , Q . C ., was sworn in a Baron of the Court of Exchequer , in room of the last-named ju ( % e ; and on the 22 nd Sir Alexander Cockburn , lately Attorney-General , took his seat as Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas . —On the 20 th the Court of Queen s Bench , in consideration of his good behaviour , replaced on the rolls the name of Richard Sill , who was struck off them for having attempted to compromise , for a money consideration , the prosecution of the celebrated Brighton card-cheating case . On the same day the Court granted a rule nisi , at the suit of Cornet Ames , for a criminal prosecution against Lord Ernest Vane , for an insulting assault . On the 21 st Lord Lucan obtained a rule calling on the proprietors of the Laily Neivs to show cause against a prosecution for libel , arising out of the comments of that journal upon the Chelsea inquiry .
COMMERCIAL . On the 27 th of October the Great India Peninsula Company held their annual meeting , when it was stated that all the surveys were satisfactory , and that upwards of thirty thousand men were employed in the construction of the line , there being no deficiency of native labour . At a meeting of the Surrey Gardens Company , held on the 29 th , it was resolved to pay a dividend of five per cent , for the half-year on the paid-up shares .
On the 31 st the Great Central Gas Company met and agreed to a dividend of eight per cent . On the 3 rd of November the Whitehaven Junction Company met and agreed to raise additional capital by the issue of 500 preferential shares of £ 6 , to bear interest at the rate of five per cent . On the 5 th the Scinde Railway Company met , when it was announced that the
directors had sent out the materials for thirty miles of permanent way , and had made arrangements for the immediate shipment of the same quantity . On the 18 th , at the meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company , it was stated that their losses for the half-year amounted to £ 3 , 000 , and that their present liabilities were £ 2 ; 000 . Their assets , both at home and in Brazil , amounted to £ 7 , 193 ; besides which , the company hold 183 of their own shares .
BENEVOLENT . On the 30 th of October there was a meeting of the supporters of the Asylum for Idiots , when fifteen were elected out of a list 180 approved candidates . On the 2 nd of November the Rev . "D . Moore , M . A ., preached before the Lord Mayor and Corporation , in St . MaryV , Aldermanbury , in aid of the funds of the City Dispensary . On the evening of tho 17 th there was a grand ball at Guildhall , attended by Bro . Adams ' s band , in aid of the funds of warehousemen and clerks' schools . On tho 21 st the Stranger ' s 'Friend Society met at E > ceter Hall . The report
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Summary Of News Foe November
, _ 0 n the 12 th the inquiry into the Bryn Malley Colliery accident terminated by the jury returning a verdict of Accidental Death . On the 13 th a large portion of the Metropolitan District Schools was burned down , at Sutton . The children , upwards of 500 in number , narrowly escaped perishing in the conflagration . Garotte robberies have been general in the Metropolis .
L E G A L . Michaelmas term commenced on the 3 rd with two vacancies on the judicial bench , —one occasioned by the death of Sir John Jervis , and the other by the resignation of Baron Piatt . On the 7 th Mr . Watson , Q . C ., was sworn in a Baron of the Court of Exchequer , in room of the last-named ju ( % e ; and on the 22 nd Sir Alexander Cockburn , lately Attorney-General , took his seat as Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas . —On the 20 th the Court of Queen s Bench , in consideration of his good behaviour , replaced on the rolls the name of Richard Sill , who was struck off them for having attempted to compromise , for a money consideration , the prosecution of the celebrated Brighton card-cheating case . On the same day the Court granted a rule nisi , at the suit of Cornet Ames , for a criminal prosecution against Lord Ernest Vane , for an insulting assault . On the 21 st Lord Lucan obtained a rule calling on the proprietors of the Laily Neivs to show cause against a prosecution for libel , arising out of the comments of that journal upon the Chelsea inquiry .
COMMERCIAL . On the 27 th of October the Great India Peninsula Company held their annual meeting , when it was stated that all the surveys were satisfactory , and that upwards of thirty thousand men were employed in the construction of the line , there being no deficiency of native labour . At a meeting of the Surrey Gardens Company , held on the 29 th , it was resolved to pay a dividend of five per cent , for the half-year on the paid-up shares .
On the 31 st the Great Central Gas Company met and agreed to a dividend of eight per cent . On the 3 rd of November the Whitehaven Junction Company met and agreed to raise additional capital by the issue of 500 preferential shares of £ 6 , to bear interest at the rate of five per cent . On the 5 th the Scinde Railway Company met , when it was announced that the
directors had sent out the materials for thirty miles of permanent way , and had made arrangements for the immediate shipment of the same quantity . On the 18 th , at the meeting of the Imperial Brazilian Mining Company , it was stated that their losses for the half-year amounted to £ 3 , 000 , and that their present liabilities were £ 2 ; 000 . Their assets , both at home and in Brazil , amounted to £ 7 , 193 ; besides which , the company hold 183 of their own shares .
BENEVOLENT . On the 30 th of October there was a meeting of the supporters of the Asylum for Idiots , when fifteen were elected out of a list 180 approved candidates . On the 2 nd of November the Rev . "D . Moore , M . A ., preached before the Lord Mayor and Corporation , in St . MaryV , Aldermanbury , in aid of the funds of the City Dispensary . On the evening of tho 17 th there was a grand ball at Guildhall , attended by Bro . Adams ' s band , in aid of the funds of warehousemen and clerks' schools . On tho 21 st the Stranger ' s 'Friend Society met at E > ceter Hall . The report