The Express. — London, England, 1863-08-22 00:00:00

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.--theorDow ' Auarn 21. Piston Mr. Barak Bramwell amd Sweada Junies.) /101 , 171.1.114 V. ItIICHNONT. . . . . The plaintiff in this scams is the principal of a scholastic lehntishment at Brighton, and the defeedant to the minister of a dissenting orrogreption at Kensington, called the Free (arch of Ragland. The action was brought to recover twenty guineas in lieu of a quarter's notice of the removal of two of the eon., of the defendant from the establishment of the plaintiff. The defendant put upon the record a plea that the plaintiff had acted cruelly towards his sons. and that he had neglected to give them sudicieet food, and had also given them food Si an improper description. cad that hia sons had in roue queue contracted a °mimeos disease, and upon this ground be justified his conduct. This plea, however, was abandoned et the commencement of the cam, and it was admitted that there wan not the slightest foundatio for it. Serjeant Parry and another leaned gentleman were for the plaintitl ; and Serjaut Slice and Mr. Murray for the sliendant. Some circumstances connected with this cue were rather remarkable. The plaintiff is • foreigner, and he has for matey years carried on a highly respec table school called "Clive /louse School," at Brighton. One of his scholars mu the son of • gentleman named Pocock, who was on friendly terms with the Rev. Mr. Marchment, the defeat. dead, and it appeared that in August last Mrs. Pocock wrote to the plaintiff ` and informed him that she thought she Mould be able to recommend him two scholars. The result war that two sons of the defendant, Arthur and Sydney, were sent to the school for the Okra:lnas quarter, and t vas arranged that forty guineas per annum should be paid lir sigh lad, and at the same time • son of Mr. Pocock was art to school, and • mull reduction was made in the 'amount to be charged for him, be brier treated in the fight of three children being sent from the lame family. It appeared that while the children were at school they had • alight attack of chicken pock, and they were not quite Well when they went home for the holidays, but it was admitted that there was nothing seriously the matter with them. The usual notice of the recommencement of the scholastic duties was sent bathe defendant, and he is replyac emoted for the children not being sent back to school by say ing that they were unwell, and upon the plaintiff again corn sueicatiog with the defendant the latter sent a letter to the piiialiff, in which he made use of an expression to the effect MU he did not intend the children to return to school, and that he strained from alluding to the cause,heeause it might be unpleasant to him, and adding that the matter he re ferred to was the report of hi medical attendant as to the nature of the malady from which the children were suffer ing, and the causes that had produced it. The punt ration was therefore brought to recover a quarter's notice for each of the Loyal, and also • sum of four guineas as eaten for their having received instruction in dancing. The evidence adduced on behalf of the plaintiff *mita ef the production of his prospectus, a copy of which was meet to the defendant, in which it was stated that • full quarter's notice would be required before any pupil was removed. ad Mrs. Hoffmann, the wife of the plaintiff, who bad made the arrangement with Mrs. Pocock, Mated that it was quite understood that either • quarter's notice should be given, or the amount should be paid, ad that it was also uoderstood that the usual extras should be charged. The plantiff himself likewise sided that he never under. Mood that the children of the defendant were to be received into the school upon any other than the usual terms, and that Mrs. Hoffmann, at the time the arrangement was made, said nothing to him to the matron. Sergeant Shoe, in his address to the jury for the defend- ' sat, mid that his instroctioes were that the agreement that wee made was that there should be no notice of the weenoval of the children, and that forty ga t olas per annum should include allextras ; and Mrs. Pocock and her daughter • weesexasiaked, sad they flatly contradicted Mrs. Hoffmann sad swore in the most positive manner that she agreed the; ISO BOOM seed given, and that there should he no additiosal sharp for extras of any kind. Both the Wise were crow mainined by the Mused counsel for the plaintiff, bat no- Wag whatever was elicited that tended in the slightest degree to invalidate the testimony they had given. Baron Bramwell, after this evidence had been gives, ' made an observation to the effect that it was his opiates the case was see which ought not to have been brought down to them assures for trial, and thereby a very large ex- ' penes incurred when the matter might easily have been nettled in another court. He at the same time mid it was manifest that the plaintiff meld not recover unless the jury should be of opinion that Mrs. Pocock and her daughter bed been guilty of wilful and deliberate perjury. &giant Parry, in his reply to the jury upon the whole ' sale, expressed Pam , with a good deal of warmth in re. hasees to the observation Met had been made by the bused judge, and said that it was one which greatly um bummed hins.He laid he felt certain that it had been made unwittingly by his lordship, and that it would be very far from his intention to prejudge any question that was AO be submitted to a jury, and he should sat them , without tesding the slightest disrespect to the learned judge, to ▪ that observation from their minds when they came to eensider the case. Bane Bramwell, addressing the jury, said—And I do the mine, gentlemen. fierjests Parry then proceeded to comment upon the evi dence in the c.w.o, cud he observed that it was not so much the amount of money that was at stake a present notion for which the plaintiff was =incendiary, es a beim le relieve himself from the odious uneaten that had been made test him by the plea that bad been put upon the mord the defendant, and for which, at the last moment, it was itted there was not the slightest foundation. Hues Bisiewell, in summing up the MO, said he wee very sorry he bad created a grievance for the learned eciaasel fee the plaintiff, but all he could say was, that be having made the observation at the tams, and that a sot waited =Ail the clam of the cam. He bad no hesitii ties now in repeating what ha had before said, that the mere oeght not to have bees bled at the arises at an ewe mom expellee, wise* the whole amount involved was only 211. He would also ay that it appeared to him with re gard to the facts that had been deposed to, that it was pos sible Mrs. Hoffman might be mistaken, or might have begotten what averred ; but with regard to the other two lobK if they were not speaking the truth, it wee impossible to some to any other conclusion than that they were committing wilful and deliberate perjury, and it yea for the jar, to say whether under the circumstances they woold be latailled in mobs to that conclusioni. The j after a vary shalt deliberation, found a verdict let the t upon the general issue. Upon the application of Serbant Parry the verdict upon the counts wing cruelty aad ill-treatment towards the children was entered for the plaintiff, there being so evidence whatever to support them charges. JOWL! r. THY GREAT V.E Ti 63 RAILWAY COMPANY. This wee as action to recover compensation for injuries lasteined by the plaintiff upon the Metropolitan Railway. Mr. M. Chamber., Q.C., and Mr. Hume were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Bova], Q.C., and Mr. T. J. Clerk were for the defendant.. The plaintiff in this action described himself as a crinoline bonnet maker, and it appeared that on the 2Eth of April be was at the Oower.street station of the Metropolitan Railway, which was at that time worked by the defendants, intending to go to Farringdon-street, and as he was about to get into a third elms carriage, be said that the train moved on while he was standing upon the step, and be was seised by oast of the porton, who at Inn attempted to force hies Into the carriage, but finding be could not do this he pushed Lim on to the platform, end one of his feet went between that and the steps of the carriage. At first he did not feel any symptoms of injury, but very shortly afterwards his foot swelled and be was obliged to have medical advice, and he was laid up for several weeks. The defence that was set up to the beton mut that the plaintiff was endeavouring to force his way into one of the carriages while the train was in motion, and that all the porter did was to enforce the regulations of the company in Oda respect, and prevent him from doing so. The with 75/ jury, however, es. returned a verdict for the plaintiff . damag Baron Cheapen was engaged the whole day in trying am eimmon jury cause. NORTHERN CLIVJUIT. 7 -LrvEspool, cover 21. Caowu COURT.—(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn.) Sliudgetli Beepers. 17, was indicted for the murder of her child, about 12 months old. The circumstances of this use were of a peculiarly painful character. The prisoner had been driven from the shelter of her father's house, after the lather had polluted her person by incestuous ioterviews. In misery end destitution the poor girl wandered about the neighbourhood of Eccles, near Manchester, not knowing what to do with herself and child. While in this; condition • man cams up to ber, entered into ommersetion, and ulti mately suggested that , she should get rid of the child by throwing it into the river. Goaded to desperation by her miserable state of mind, she yielded to this suggestion, and baringlned • stone in a •mps fastened it round the infant's seek, and threw it into the river Irwell. She then west te the house of a woman whom she knew in Eccles., and with whom she hod found ',Niter for a few nights. When asked what bad become of the child, she told a confused story about haring given it to a woman, but afterwards she admitted that she had thrown it into the giver, and the police, upon dragging the river at the point indicated. found the body. Mr. Pope having addrested the jury for the defence, His lordship summed up, telling the jury that the pain ful circumstances under which the crime had been com mitted might , arm ground for • recommendation to mercy, but must not be permitted to interfere with the NB per formance of their duty. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, end she was see genced to death, his lordship remarking that he would for ward the recommesdation to the proper authorities. The penonellwea removed in • stets of ineeneibdity. &or= Boyd, 36, was indicted for having feloniously killed his wife, at Liverpool, on the 72nd June Met. The prisoner end the deceased dwelt is a court off Kt. Andrew's. street. and so both were nay intemperate they nosed • miserable life. (la the night el the 22nd the deceased went to bed intoxicated, and shortly afterwards the primmer earns home is a similar state. He asked the decreed to get up sad prepare his supper, but she refuse d , telliug him le "go and get it where be came from. Some further squabbling took place, during which th e &ceased said, " Hold your noise." Almost immediately afterwards the prisoner, seising a poker with a sharp end. hurled it al bis wife with en= irioce that the end entered her head sad atoned the blood to flow profusely. The deceassil es. ebbed, " Oh, George, you have killed Neel" The pd. TEE EXPRESS, SATUE EVEN NO, AT GUST 22, 1863. boner vu then mach alarmed, and ran to her, took the poker from the wooed, wad endeavoured to attach the blood with an apron. He expressed the greats:it regret for what be had dose, and accompwited hie wife to the dispensary, where het wound was deemed. On the foUowiog day the woman commenced drinking agam, and is a few day. she was eo ill that it became nemesary to remove her to the infirmary, where she died from an abscess on the brain, the result of the wound in flicted by the poker. The prisoner Ina found guilty of manslaughter, and sen tenced to peoal servitude for 6 years. sen •Saroh Hinds (231, indicted for this offence, was acquitted, the evidence not being sufficiently conclusive that the child positively bad a separate existence. The cams on the civil side were d little public interest. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT. (B.ton Yr. Justice Keating.) I . Amos Mandrel., 20, tabourer, was indicted fora felonious assault upon Mary Anne Duffey, a child of six rears of age. i Mr. Sleigh appeared for the presecution, aria Mr. Baboon ' futile nriaoner. The cummisiances of this case were purely circumstan. tie!, in consequence of the inadmissibilittof the child 1111 • witness, ovi.ng to her total ignorance of all religion, and of the nature of an oath. The case, however, proceeded through all its painful details, and after • most careful summing up by the learned judge, the jury acquitted the prisoner, who wu however strongly rebuked by Mr. Justice Keating, and told that had he been coevioted he would have sentenced him toe long term of penal servitude. Wm. Rackstraw, a labouring man, wu indicted for un lawfully assaulting Caroline 3lorton on the 16th August instant. . .. .. ... . ir.l).der. appeared for the prosecution ; and the prisoner was undefended. It appeared from the evidence adduced for the prosecu tion that on the night of the 16th inst. the prosecutriz, whose husband is a fellow farm labourer with the primmest, was sleeping with her three children in a shed, or outhouse, lielouging to the farm at which they were temporarily en played in getting in the harvest. The husband was sleeping outside the shed upon a heap of straw. About 12 o'clock at night the praiscutox heard some person enter the shed, and, supposing it to he her husband, called out to him to take care and not step upon the children. The person, whoever it was, laid himself down beside her, she still belie% 'ng it was her husband. Connexion took place between them, and for some mason she smacked his face. when she discovered, through the abeame of either beard or whiskers, that it was not her husband whose Glibness she hy..l permitted. She immediately screamed out, awl this awoke her husband. who procured a light, when the prisoner was discovered in a ooroer of the abed, and imme diately took to his heels, and endeavoured to make his escape. Be was, ho wever, pursued by the husband until he was stopped by a policeman. In further corrobtration of the ideatity of the prisoner, a bat was found Dear the spot where the prosecetrix had labs, and this hat the primmer claimed as his property when taken into enekdy. The prisoner, in defence, alleged that he bad been there on the invitation of the proesentrix. This the prosemitrix indignantly denied. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Justice Besting sentenced bim to be' imprisoned and kept to hard Isbour for 12 calendar months. dnneStatoran, 24, spinster, was given in charge to the jury on the coroner'm moniaition for the manslaughter of. Ciam. White on the 24th June lass. Mr. 'Thompson conducted the prosecution ; the prisoner had ao eonmeL The evidence nrthb case disclosed that the deceased was a licensed victualler and proprietor of a tavern, known a. the Nag's Head, in the Whiteehapel-road, and that about IT o'clock on the night in questioa the primmer was in frontal the ter, and honing been observed by the potman to attempt to pick the pocket of one of the onatomers, was by him Weed out of the house. The deceased went out, end bade* told hie potman to go back into the house, stood talking to the policeman on duty them and whilst in con veraittm with the policeman, the primmer, who was standieg at • distance of about two yards off, took up a heavy flint stone, and flinging it at the head of the deceased, who wee without his bat, inflicted • severe scalp wound , from which the blood flowed pro fusely. The prismsr was at once secured by the policeman, and on the way to the station- house was told th at she might have killed the man, upor. which she repli ed, . "& good job too if I had killed th e old —. She added to the policeman, "I have been confined at Oakley Hatch Asylum, and sometimes do not know what run about," adding with sulphide. "Mind that." Oa the following day deceased west to the London Hospital, where his heed wee deemed, and where he remained an in-patient for two day., when be discharged himself and returned home, but on the 13th July be again returned to the hospital, and, .., r . having supervened, he died there on the folio w imiakeyprimmer. ,in ber defense, Mated that she had not thrown diastase until th e deceased had knocked her down aad kicked her. Me further stated that she had been in • lunatic saylam, and that when she was excited she did not know what she was about. _ _ The poliosetaiCas called, and in answer to the court stated that deceased had neither struck nor given the prisoner the slightest provocation. Mr. Audios Beating inquired of Mx. Jonas, the governor of the gaol, if he had observed the conduct of the prisoner duce she had been a his custody. Mr. Jonas having been sworn, proved that he had seen the prisoner duly since she had been in prime, and that he bad not perosived anything in her conduct to give him the least nomad for doubting her perfect sanity. A sister of the prisoner presented herself, and deposed on oath that the prisoner bad been an inmate of Colney Reach Asylum for oine months, and had only been discharged from that institution in May last. Mr. Justice Heating summed up the evidence with great minuteness so the jury, who after a brief consultation returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to eight months' imprisonment with hard labour. James Begirt, 22, fisherman, wu Indicted for the man slaughter of Anne Griffin on the 3rd August last. Mr. Daley prosecuted, and Mr. Pater dafooded the pri lotler. tbe particulars of this case hare already beat fully before tbe public very meetly in the reports of the p before the police magistrates and the ourauer, and it will recollected that the prisoner and dessued cohabited togs ther in Windmill-court, Lambeth, and that on the night in (location a quarrel ensued between them, and words waft followed by blows. The deceased, who was a woman of intemperate habits, cautioned her dissipation until the sth of August, when she died. On a put modem eramication it was discovered that can of her ribs bed beau fractured and bad perforated the pipers, and to this l i the medical gentleman who had been called in attri buted the death, and that the fracture of the rib had been caused by external violence, which it was alleged bad been iedimsd by the prisoner cc the night in question. ' In his crostoraininahan" by Mr. Pater the surgeon said ' that the brain of deceased bad become softened by her dissipated habits, and that the softening of the brain might have equally caused death as the perforation of the pleura. Several witnesses were called who epoke to acts of via lance committed by the prisoner upon the deceased. ' Mr. Pater, in his address to the jury, relied upon the fact which he had educed from the surgeon as to the softening of the brain, and celled several witnesses with a 0 view to show that the fracture of the rib bad been caused by • fall down the stairs. ' The jury, however, returned • verdict of Guilty, and 0 Mr. Justice Resting sentenced the prisoner to twelve months' Imprisonment with hard labour. übamed to have publicity given to their nuns, and pester the lose to notoriety. Be is, in teeth, an ernint rogue, sad warn the inhabitants of Norwood of such a Milan." The letter, though posted unse a l e d. b a d , been marked with that notification, and resealed by them. I A third letter had likewise been mine°, which mounted to as attempt to extort mosey. No doubt an attempt would be made on the other side to show that Mr. Pugh was not to be credited, because be had uuce been tried oil • charge of perjury, but be was booourably acquitted. • • -- •• • ' • - - - In Cross-examinetion, Mr. Pugh admitted that he had beard it said that the letters were written by a . person of the name of llacre but he had made no inquir i es. He had been twins bankrupt, once for 2,600/.. which was chiefly owing to tradespeople. Had traded under the name of May wood and Co. That was because he had expected a person named Raymond to join bin.. Had discounted bills and advertised to lend money, though he was not actually worth a shilling at the time, but he could always command capitaL Would swear that the prisoner's wife bad male him as offer of 201. and • diamond rieg not to spptar in court. Had not promised to take 60/. sod not prosecute. Would swear he had not. Blight have said he had been pot to an expense of 601. through the prisoner. His offices were at 26, Bucklersbury. A number of witnesses were called, wbodepooed that the letters read Wife in the handwriting of the prisoner. For the defence it wee denied that the defendast bad ever writ'imi the letters at all. When taken into custody by the officer the first thing be bed said was " I Lever wrote the letters at aIL I know myself better than to d o suc h a t targeA number of witnesses were called, who directly contradicted the statement of the witnesses on the other Ada by stating that they believed the letters were not in the handwriting of the prisoner. The jury found the prisoner Ouit/y. lir. Kemp mid Mr. Pugh hod no desire to press the matter heavily, as hs had no vindictive feeling in the matter. Kr. Pierce said the prisoner Ind been in prison for the last month. Mr. Hemp said he understood it was for debt, and not upon this charge. The Recorder told the prisoner he had been convicted on very clear and conclusive evidence, and it was a good thing for him that be bad not bran tried for istteruptiog to extort money. Looking upon the whole circumstances he should !sentence him to be imprisoned for six months, and at the end of that period to enter into bail, himself in 100/. end two sureties, in 50/. each, to keep the poem towards the complainant. ordinary working expenses during the half-year have amounted to 231,1011.75. ; the rake, tame, tolls, and govern ment duty to 33,050/. 144. 6,1. ; and the working of the steam packet service to 13,685/. 12s. 10d. After providing for the fixed charges against revenue there remains a net balance of 168,5591. 14e. 11d. available for dividend oa the ordinary consolidated stock of the company. A dividend of 131. rid. per 301. stock, or at the rate of 41. 10e. per cent. per annum, will absorbs sum of 167,258/. 5a., leaving a balsam to be carried forward of 1,3011. 81. 11d. ; acd this rate of dividend the directors recommend to be paid on Thursday, the 3rd of September next. The details of receipts and expenditure for the half year compared with the correapondieg period of 1862, show no considerable variation. As to passenger traffic, the number was 6.786,344, of whom 825,009 were first-clam, while in the corresponding belt-year of 1862 the numbers were 5,998,350, of whom 816,417 were first clew The total receipts in 1863 were 333,3904 as compared with 356,637/. in the corresponding half-year of 1862. There has been &de crease in the receipts for first sod second class traffic, ard an increase in the receipts for third-class. Although the number of first-class passengers has been maintained, the receipts from this source are leas by 11,6574 (1863, 121,7681. ; 1862, 133,42614 This deficiency is entirely attributable to the falling o ff in continental baffle, which is sufficiently soconoted for by the Exhibition of last year having attracted to Loudon an unusually large number of 'continental paseengers by the South Easton Railway. Not- withstanding them circumstances, the passenger receipta peeper exhibit a decrease of only 3,2461., the lose of mon omial first-class having M a great measure been made up by the gain of local third-class passengers, in which there has been an increase of 9,0981. in receipts and of 794,553 in numbers during the pant half-year. The merchandise traffic matinees to be well maintained, notwithstanding the axig woe of the rival line of railway through Kent to Dover. the returns showing • gross increase of 9,6331. during the halt. year, arising almoo, entirely from the increase in local merchandise. As to the working expenses, the directors note that, notwithstanding the increase in the merchandise traffic, the charge for locomotive power and rolling stock shows a demean of 3841„, while the mileage ma by pawne r,' and goods trains has been reduced by 10,411 miles. At the sane time, the eaginee and carriages have been efficiently maintained ; five new engines and waders end 57 new vehicles of different sorts having hem con structed at the company's workshops dating the half year, the whole of which have been charged to revenue. As to capital, the principal outlay has been in respect of the new Tunbridge and Dartford direct lines, the works of which have been left to respectable contractors, and are now in active A sum of 13,7071. has been expended in doubling the toe between Ranzgate and Num* sod in forming a direct junction with the breach at Ramage* with a view to the more satiafactory accommodation and working of the traffic. The directors also request the authorityof the prom ;Mors to a further expenditure of 30,0001. on passenger carriages,the present stock of those vehicles being found alto gether inadequate to the proper accommodation of the traffic. Noticing the hostile projects brought forward during the session, the directors say that the extension of the Brighton Company's line from Leatherhead to Dorking having now received the action of the legislature, the abstraction of a portion of this company's traffic at the latter station may consequently be anticipated. The Brighton Company were also the promoters of a railway to Greenwich and Woolwich, in which they were followed by a similar scheme of the London, Chatham, and Dover Company. The former com pany having agreed with the latter to withdraw their pro. ject, it became necemary for the directors of this company to enter into en arrangement with the Chatham Company, under which, subject to the approval of parliament, running powers will be secured to them over the North Kent hoe to Woolwich, in return for which this compacy will acquire like running powers over the Chatham Oommuy's lines in the South Loudon district. Under this arrangement, when fully carried iota effect, the South- Eastern Company will be enabled to run its trains from the Charing-cross. I& nem-street, and Landon-bridge stations, and from the Greenwich, North Kent, and main lines, into the Chatham Company's station in front of the mein en trance to the Crystal Balsa. Although the injury to be apprehended from the extension of the Brighton Company's Railway to Tunbridge Wells, under their agreements fix leasing and working the East Grinsteed and Groomhridge and Uckfield and Tunbridge Wells Railways, now in course of coo struc;.ioa, will be in a great measure averted by the formation of this company's direct line to Tunbridge, and by the provi sion of the Cannot-steed and Charing-arose Termer in London, the directors nevertheless request the sanction of the proprietors to their adopting such measures as may be requisite to protect the company's interests in the above district as well as at other points. The directors have thought it desirable to enter into • provisional agreement with the Mid-Kent Company for the parches* of their undertaking ; and, subject to the approval of the proprie tors, an application will be made to parliament in the next session for powers to carry the same into effect. The pet-- chive money of the undertaking is to be 2.20,0001., for which this company will obtain eight miles of double rail way at an average coat of 27,500/. per mile. A reamer ranee and increasing traffic is already carried over that part of the railway whisk is worked by this company under agreement. (Before the Common Serjeant.) Walter Haddiegion, 19, was indicted for feloniously num. tying Jane Smith, hi Ant wife, Bridget, being then Ore. Mr. Harry prosecuted ; Mr. Daley defended. Primer pF 4ed Mr. Daley said this was a most melancholy case. It ap pend that the primer, who was a mere youth, married hie GM wife in October, 1881, and lived with her very happily until • short time ago, when he met with the second wife, and they seemed to have fain in love mutually sod is an mil moment bad got married. He was, bowers,, soon very Bony for what he had done, end bad gone back to his first wife, with whom he was living at the time of hie a R I ! . s= wife said the was 18 years old. She did not bow that the prisoner had • wife, or she would not have married him. He lived with her about six roooths. Mr. Delay mad* an appeal oe behalf of hisclient, contend ing that u he was ably 17 when first married, and now not more than 19, be was not so much to blame as an older man. The Common fin-juin told the prisoner be bad acted with great foolishness in first getting married when be could not support a wife, but having been married he had no right to bale his wife under any airrumstaoces. With regard to his wood marriage, he had committed a great wrong towards both women. The 'lighten notence he could pus upon him wail Wes mouths' ireprincemest THE POLICE COURT& MANSION-HOUSE. Heron Hudson, who it will be remembered wee brongbt up last week charged with having appropriated to his own use various sums of money received by him on account of his employee. appeared yesterday. in answer to his bed, before Sir Robrt Oarden, who sat for the Lord Mayor, to undergo a farther examination rime that charge. Mr. Tiede Atkinsoo, barrister, again appeared for the prctecutors, and Mr. Sleigh, barrister, appeared for the prisoner. The peceseutora, it will be remembered, were Messrs. Forbes and Hudson, wine merchanta, of Oarliek.hill, and the prisoner was their traveller... . . . . . Mr. Tindal Atkioson said that since the last examination he bad carefully considered the circtunstancee of the cute, and he thought they tended strongly to show that the pi:- weer bed uo felonious ietention of defrauding the rumen tors of the money be was charged with appropriating to himself. Then was no doubt, as the prisoner had said, he had purchased a lease and furnished a business with the monay, and had not spent it extravagantly. His brother was formerly a member of the firm, but had lately died, and the privoner had probably been under the impression that he would be allowed to treat it as a debt, the same as if his brother were living, and in the firm. The prisoner resided in Bir mingham, and had no business transactions in London, aed was paid wholly by commission, and the law might rather look cm bins in the light of en agent than a servant. The rossoutors were of opinion that he had no intention of do banding them, but really intended to treat it as a debt, and under these circumstances he asked permission to withdraw from the prosecutioo. Mr. Sleigh said, se the facts of the cam, as they came out on the last examination, had gone forth ex parte, he thought it right to say that had theiwitole of the earenmstances been brought before the prosecutors previous to these proceedings being tam, the case would Dever have come before the oourt. He thought it was only due to his client that this should go forth also. Biz R. Carden said be had much pleasure under the air entnetanees in discharging the I:soner. The prisoner, who appeared very much moved, left the court with his founds Cu- .le* Dalton ana atarlatffstitA, both dricribed es hawkers, were charged before Mr. D'Eyacourt with stealing a retriever dog of the value of 261., the property of Mr. Smith, • botcher, residing in the Seven Sisters-road, Hollo way. Mr. Thomas Wakeling, of Great Percy-street, Clerken well, attended for the prisoners. From the evidence it appeared that the prisoners were seen loitering about near the prosecutor's house. A short time after they had bees there some children brought out the proarcutor's dog, and began playing with it. The prisoners spoke to the ehildrea, and took the first c.;. , .- tusity of steeling the dog and walkiag off with it. Their movements were watched. and they were followed as far as the Caledonian:road, when they were given into custody. They then mid that they had not stolen the dog. but that it had followed them, and they were not aware to whom the animal belonged. The police stated that they knew nothing against Daher, bet that Smith had had four months for felony, and they believed it was for deg-stealing. Xt. Wakeliog said the case was not one of stealing, although it might be one of unlawful poseeision, and asked the sce. magistrate to deal with the penmen for the latter Mr. D'Eyucourt said be considered it as steeling, and the primmer' could either plead before him, or beLwould send the cue before a jury for trial. The prisoners said they would rather the magistrate adju dicate on the case, and would therefore plead guilty. Mr. D'Eyncourt said there could be no doubt, from the way in wbi2l the pr•aooce committed the robbery, that they were old bands at deg-stealing, and had it been shown that they had before been convicted of that offence, be shoold homiest the cue for trial. As it wee, be should matenee the primmer* to be kept is the Home of Correction, with hard labour, for six calendar months. The prisonen thanked his worship for not sending them for toW, aad ware thee removed. SOUTHWARK. Elizabeth One,,, a - you - e - g — wonsaii - about 18 years at age, was placed at the bar before Mr. Maude for further ma- Okillatioa, charged with attempting to commit sui c id e a t BLiakfriambridge. It appeared from the evidence of 77 L that about half two o'clock on the morning of Friday, the 14th inst., his aunties was called to the meters steps of the Surrey side of Slackfrien-bridge whoa be saw the prisoser struggling with a man. The latter told him that be saw the prisoner rash down the steps in an excited state, that he followed her, and fortunately caught hold of her dress an she was in the act of plunging into the Myer. The prisoner told witness that she was determined to destroy basalt', and bowed him to let her ffo. He, however, took her into onstady, sad when before the magistrate lent week she maimed to give any account Of herself, or make any promise for the future. Sim was ac cordingly remanded, so that inquiries might be made about bee. He had sines then ascertained that sbe was respect ably connected, and having had • quarrel with some of her relatives ran away from home, and in a pas ion ru down the steps of the bridge. Mr. Maude—What have you to say now? Prisoner—l am extremely sorry, andl faithfully promies not to attempt such a wicked sot again. Mr. Maude—Will you go home 60 your friends if I let you re? PriacMer—Oh yea, six ; and I'll rimer quarrel with them The mutable hare informed his worship that some of her relations were in court, and would take care of her. Mr. Maude, after suitably adareakking her, ordered her to be gives up to her friss& CCKTI OF VIZWINO THE MAIN DRAINAGE WOZER. —Cheques have bees draws by the Metropolitan Board of Works to defray a portion of the expense* incurred by the late trip does the river, to view the Oatfall Works at Oronsess-poiatead Barking.crsak, of tbefollowing amounts: —Messrs Hobert Clark and Co., 2104 no ed.; Messrs. Ind, Coops, sad 00., 431. 12a. t and Mr. Charles Burma, 751. 15e. 3d.-7htil, 3401. 1.2 e. N. The rssiaioing so:rousts stand era, till the smells, of the Fiume* Comm ttes.— Cap Preis. Full benefit of reduced duty obtained by put , • dieting aornignan's Pure Tee; very &Wee at st sad sa. ' Matt INeaderd 'at CA et (EMMY CA HO fa tits :Awl sad most dateless lapartod. £pl. la everytows M paoket•—(Advsrtlessiesti Before the Recorder.) - • Thomas Frans Wright, • gentlemanly dressed rang man. was indicted for writing defamatory libels with latest to Jaime Mr. James Pugh, commission agent and bill dicounter. • Mr. Kemp prosecuted ; Mr. Pines defended. le opening the came Mr. Kemp said that more disgraceful aadeamally let ters than these meet by the prisoner toile Pugh It= never bees written. It appeared that ionic time in 1862 the prosecutor was introduced to the prisoner and copied a perthe money . of hi , office, and not while e there l paid, sad ent tke g p h rutoner some 25/. was compelld to take proceedings for the recovery of it, sod after that time the defendant monied to have seed in a very unfriendly spirit towards him, sending him letters of a very disgraceful nature, which contained libels both inside and on the envelopes. The envelope of the first letter, bearing the post mark of the 12th Jun.., WY thus directed To James Pugh, bill stealer sod forger, Hilts-cottage, Knight's-hill, Lower Norwood;" and the enclosure was in the following terms :—" Pugh, please to inform me of the address of Mr. Hops, of Piccadilly, as I mean to inform him of your dispelled' Lieutenant Bee nisoo's (64th) stolen bills. Hata, of AkHeehott, and the doctors of the 64th Regiment ere desire= also, of your first examination. Captain Stewart, of the 3rd Buffs, and others will prosecute you for felony. Mr. Pulling, of fikinoer•street, Stow-bill, will give yen in eustody for stealing his window curtains • and as a bleed and weß wisher I warn you to av o id tie Old Bailey, sa several of your victims &redetermined to give yen up to Mr. Green will he indicted for coespiries t o ro b and plunder the unwary. Yours es ever, (Signed) Pima Joiree." The second letter, dated July 2, was addressed on the envelope thus, "To James Pugh, the perjurer and informer, and who has been tried at the Old Bailey for that offence. He has also been remanded for forgery several times, He is now a fraudulent bankrupt, end has to he tried on the 3rd July before Mr. Commissioner Fans." This letter was addressed as before, and at the foot were the words "Turn over." On the other aide was written, " Postmen, reed the enclosed for the information of all inquirers arid resideets in Norwood." The letter was posted unsealed, and the contents were couched in the following terms "To all whom it may concern. Postman, caution the neighbours of Norwood as to the whereabouts of this rascal and swindler. He is also a bill-steakr and informer. He Ina received 100 f. as blood-money from the government in the remark able ease of forging officers' commissions and examination papers. I must refer you to the Times of July 2R, and read the trial of Piteh v. St George • sod thee reed the ere= miuniantioe of plainti ff and defendant. Stubbs' Trade Protection Society will afford every information as to his pest MOW and antecedents for the last tea years. He was formerly • border's wreathe, but be had DO desire to live heimestly, and he hem lately been inquired fee by the gentle- I seer fiwabsel-yettl, but malarluditsky by Adios re RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. DUBLIN AND MEATH. The tenth ordinary meeting of this company was held ou Thursday Y.P. Trim. The chair was taken by Sir JOSEPH PAXTON, 1 . . Mr. BROUGHTON, general manager to the company, read the reports of the directors, which stated that the comple I tion of the branch from Kilmemen to Atbboy had envi e r d attention since the last meeting. The new cost actor, Mr. Killeen, who only entered upon has contract at she be- ginning of April, had canted on the works with so much energy that there is so reason to doubt the branch will be ! completed in the month of October. The rolling stock is in • satisfactory state, and arrangements have been entered into for erecting workshops at Enliven°, where the necessary repairs will in future be attended to. In reference to the main line, the differences with the Drogheda Railway Company have been adjusted I since the let May last, and the traffic for the subsequent nine weeks to the end of June has produced 1,51 W., or an average of 71. 6.. per mile per week. This receipt, how- ever, in the opiciou of the directors, very inadequately re presents the income which may be confidently expected ; and as moon as the entire line is complete they believe th at a mach higher average will be speedily attained. The di rectors thought it necemary to resist a claim made against the company in referents to tbe burning of a haggard and hayrick sear Navan, and a'though • verdict bee been passed against the company for 1501., it is believed that the defence raised by the company, on the ground of the abloom of negligence, will be ultimately sustained upon appeal to the Court of Exchequer. Overtures had be= received from parties who are desirous to carry out the ex tension of the line northwards. It will be the interest of this company so aid every such movement, bat it te not the intention of the directors to initiate any snob extension unless compelled thereto in self-defence. Couacquent upon the settlement with the late contractors shares to the amount of 9.6.101. have been cancelled, sod the a pi is at present reduced to that extent. So soon as the branch is completed the exact cost of the undertaking can be ascertained, and application will be made to par liament next session for such further capital as may be necessary. The directors have every coo• fidence that the undertaking will fulfil the highly (evolv able anticipations entertained of it ; bat the final coat of the line, upon which those anticipations are based, will depend upon the support they receive from the proprietors in doilies with the unusual' shares. The meeting will be made special to enable the shareholders to convert, if they please, into preference shares the 21,650 L of ordinary slats which were created in August last, but which have net bean taken up by the proprietors. The enamel( said the account& explained the position of the company up to the present time. In moving the adop tion of the report. and the accounts be would make • few dr serrations, which had arisen from the cimmustanoes of the half-year. When they last met they were at deadly war— though not on their part—with the bombed& Railway Com pany. A very serious aggression had certainly been made iii their traffic. Since then he was happy to say that they bad come to terms not to fight. It was true that they were not io what he should consider the meet favourable position with Nerd to that company, because until both companies worked in a more amicable manner than they did at pre. I sent he did not think they could be said to be in substan , tially friendly relations with each other. On the other band be was bound to say that their connection with the Midland Great Western Company was all that they could desire. That company had met them in the most friendly and liberal spirit, and the two companies were working together in the most harmonious manner. It was for the bittern of both companies that this should be so; and he hoped that they would continue in thane favourable relations. With regard to the traffic, although it was week by week looking a little more favour able than before, still they moat remember that this was the bad hall-year for most railways, and particularly so for that railway, which depended very much upon the carriage of fat cattle to Dublin from that district, the gust produce of which was in fact fat cattle. Up to that time very little had been carried ; bat they were just commencing it now and for many woad), to come there would be • very h uge traffic over the line in cattle ; and he baa no doubt that when they met &gabs, in the next Milieu, the shareholders would see their weekly receipts very much increased. There was hardly any coal traffic on the line at present : in fact, although finished and in good order, it would still require a considerable time, as all railways did, for the full development of its traffic. He might mention that although the accounts showed very fairly with regard to the working expenses, there was an item of nearly 4001. for the carnage of oon buten' materials which they had not given themselves the benefit of ; and supposing they had done so, this item would have given the accounts a somewhat better•ppesraa ca. In to when their arrangements should be complete, everything would be in Its proper place in the accounts. With regard to the meeting of that day, he thousht the directors might take some little credit in having, since the last meeting, been enabled to come up, very nearly, to that town and important district in • railway carriage. At the meeting in February last they stated that they believed they would be able to let the remaining portion of the line upon favourable conditions ; and he was glad to tell them now that they had done so, and let it on more favourable terms even than they stated they thought they should do, and that the amount he stated on the last cxasion would nearly cover all the additional outlay for stations and other mitten. The contractor had carried oat his work most energetically. He had had a very fine senor —a finer one perhaps had never occurred in the country for railway work ; and the programa the line was sow very satisfactory indeed. About a year ego, he (the chairman) came to look at Trim and Athboy, and at the vertigo of the works, and in fact to see whether in their thee pecuniary position it were pomible to raise none) to come up to that district at all. or whether it would not be safer and more prudent, seeing that they had to raise money at • very considerable cost, to sue peed, at all events for some considerable time, the making of this branch. But the moment be saw the district, both there and at Athboy, and saw also the large smonot of railway work that had been finished, he became thoroughly convia.,ed that this was one of the redeeming points of the lice, and that the finlahisg of it—if they could finish it at • moderate cost—would loosen the average of the coat of the remainder of the works, and that the additional mileage would be upon the very beet portion of the railway in its regret position. He continued to believe that now. As far ea the directors had any information upon the subject, they believed that when the lice should be open to Athboy there would be • very considerable addition of traffic over the whole of it. They would remember that on the last occasion he solicited—in fact, he almost im plored the shareholders to give some assistance, is order to carry out this work, which would be of very great advantage to them. He regretted to say that they had not responded to that appeal In the manner that the directors hoped for; and, oomposatly, the directors were obliged to mike money at a price which would make the finishing of the line more costly them it would have been if they could have gone with money in their bands for everything they requinxl. Still they saw their way to finishing the line, end they would finish it ; sod then he should my that some other companies would see the admirable position in which they stood is relation to the middle distekt of the North of Inland, and that they might reasonably expect—indeed there was • certainty—:hat at leo distort period the railway would be eoetinaed from Navan or somewhere thereabouts or sue from the southerly end of the line at Athboy, so as to join some other district; and whenever that should occur he had no hesitation in saying that thc ire would be as good • property as any in that country, or in any other. Ire the meantime, so they were having to raise so mach mousy at high rates of interest, that railway was oosting more per mile than he should have liked to see : still, alter they had spent so much upon it, it would have bees vary unwise indeed not to complete it, and put it in a condition for that future development which was certain one day or other to occur to it. He had great satisfaction in mention ing that the Liffey Branch, connecting the Midland Oren Worthen line with the docks, would be opened in a month, or at the most six weeks, from that time; and their cattle, goods, or anything else intended to be shipped, could be taken without interruption by rail down to the ships themselves. That, be did not hesitate to say, would develop a new sort of traffic to England—namely, the lean cattle traffic. At present they did not carry one animal, scarcely, of that kind. Their neighbours, the Drogheda Company, had facilities for doing that trade, and they had no mesas of competing with them ; but when the Liffey Branch should be opened they would be iu &condition to do it better than the Drogheda Cornpany—and before that day twelve months there would be a considerable amount of that sort of traffic added to their receipts. The chairman concluded by moving the resolution. Mr. It. S. WRIGHT seconded the motion, which was car ried unanimously. The meeting was then made special for the purpose of a:tubing • preference dividend to the ordinary shares rept*. noting 21,1;01., created at the meeting of the company held on the 20th of August, 1862, and not yet issued. The CHAIRMAK said the act the meeting were now called on to do was for the purpose of raising ca pita to finish their works. If the shareholders had come for ward, as be hoped they would have dime, it would pollees been necessary to do so much of this. The chairman then submitted a aeries of resolutions creating the preference thane, which were agreed to seriatim. . . Lord Du :maxi: asked were the dinietora empowered to dis pose of the about to be created below par ? The CMAIRILIN—They are empowered to dispose of them to the best advantage. Mr. ALLEY inquired whether the railway would be run into Trim? . . . The Ciwomas said it would, cod that they would open it directly. They would be able tomcod their cattle through to Liverpool when the Liffey Branch of the Slidlitud Great Western Railway was °posed. Lord DUNbAlti moved a vote of thanks to the directors and &mimeo of the company, which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. NOBLE., sod carried. The proceedings then terminated. SOUTH-EASTERN. The report of the directors to be presented to the peoprieton at the forty-fourth half•yearly general meeting Of the above company, on the 27th of August, states that the gross receipts for the half-year ending the 31st July, 1883, have amounted to 573,8171. Oe. 3d. (including 24,4801. 9a. Bd.. the receipts from steamboat traffic), as compared with 568,635/. 14s. 6d. for the corresponding period of 1862 ; being an increase of 5,1211.55. N. oaths past half-year. The stateresat of expenditure oa wawa, monat dhows that she THE DISTRESS IN LANCASHIRE. The ZMansion-house committee held a meeting y under the preriden :y of the Bight Hoo. the Lord Zy e o r f, a William Cubitt, Feu., M.P., and MOM. Cotton, Deberoglue, sad Barber were present. The total amount received up to Thursday evening wu 509.2111., of which 428,5571. had been already remitted for distribution to the distress. The amount received during the past fortnight was 16951. 4e. Id., of which 2891. 163. was from home, and 4061. Ba. Id. from colonial resources. A deputation from the Victoria and Australia Emigration Society waited on the committee to ask fora further grant, and stated that they ' bad sent out eighty operatives over the number which the last grant provided for, which incurred an expenditure of 601. above the sum allowed them. The committee made ' another grant of 1,0001., and in addition allowed the 601. which had been expended. There were also grants of 3641. 15e. and 501. allowed to the Manchester and Carlin Emigration Societies respectively. The following were th, graata made to the different districts :-Staey bridge 3051. • Dukingeld, 250/. ; Millbrook, 2501. ; Oldham, 2501. • Glose'op, 2 0 51. ; Tintwialle, 150/. ; Morley, 1001.; Lees: 751. • Broadbottom and Charleewortb Crompton, 401. ; /briber, 33/. ; Burnley, 401. • New Mille, 30/. ; Charles worth Sewing School. 35/. ; 'Tintwistle overlooking. 405 • Staleybridge ditto, 605; Crompton ditto, 201. ; Genies: ditto, 151. ; Glossop ditto, 301. ; Bolton ditto, lb/. • Chorley ' ditto, 151. • Bumberbridge, 301. ; Woodbridge Bunts, 15/. ; St. John'sOhadderton, l 5!. • Little Hayfield. 151. ; Craw shawbooth, 15/. ; Brethei:toa. 31. ; Footbridge, 10/. ; Sautlesbury, 151. ; aad Creston. 151. MARKETS. Auccar 21.-There has been more dimmed ibis week from the grocers for raw and refined engem and about 1,000 hbds. of Barbadoes and Demerara have been mild at full priors. Rum.-A fair demand at steady prem. - - TALLOW.-FRIDAY Brim:G.-The market was flat to. day. Spot, 42.. 3d. ; September, 44.. to 43e. 9d. ; October to December, 44a. ; January to March. 44e. 6d. Odessa tallow, floe ahem, 43e. ; good, 425. 6d. to 41s. 6d. for low weak. Beef, 42e. fine to 41a. mixed. Australian warm, at 41s. 6d. fine. South American, Ist pipes, 42a. 6d. to 42e. North American, first sort, fine, 42a. ; second, 41.. to 41s. 6d. to 395. 6d. for low weak. Town tallow, 41s. 3d. net. Cocoa-nut oil steady ; Cochin, at 47e. 6d. ; Ceylon, 465. ; Sydney, 46e. fine. Palm oil : fine Lagos, Ms. 3d. to 365. ; inferior, 355. 6d. ; draggy, 34a to, 335. Palm nut oil, 36e. fine to 34e. fair. Horse grease, 34e. Deliveries to last meanie, 627 mike ; arrivals, 142 casks. COTTON.—Lmotroot., A uuctrr 21.—Stininlated partly by the general character of the last American advice', and by our reducing stocks—but more particularly by the large transactious reported at Mauchester, where prices have re cently advanoed.'more decidedly—there has bee' an ustually good demand throughout the week ; all classes of Mayers have operated freely, and with great oon6deoee ; the whams established can may be considered moderate under the circumstances. American description. are fully id.; on some of the mme saleable of the lower qualities id. to id. dearer. A very large business has been done in Egyptisa, and price' bare advanoed fully id. per lb. Brazils have also of. Tamed about id. on the current qualities of hlsoeice, I and id. to id. on the better qualities of Penning' and Mannheim; the latter are very scarce. Borate have b ee p is great request. and quotatioos are railed variously from id. to id. per lb. Tionivelly Madre& is also id. to id. dearer. A large busioese hoe been dose in Muds and China; the former at slightly improved rake. Bengal, are withoutany material alteration. Arrival cot ton has beau bought to a very large emetic, at as advance in most immune' about equal to the rise for cotta' on the spot. Speculators have taken 3,790 American, 5.30 Permian, 2.270 Maceio, 190 Peruvian. 1,940 Egyptian, 110 Binyrza, 6,350 Surat, 610 Madras, 000 Bengal, and 700 China ; total, , 16,890 lodes. There are reported for export 19,530 bales, I viz., 1,980 American, 710 Pernam. 870 Ilaosio, 570 Egyp tian, 30 Smyrna, 11:270 Surat. 400 Modus, 1,330 Bengal, I end 2,279 China. The market to-day copses with • good de mad, and an upward tendency; probable a d. a b out 10,000 bales, including 4,000 on speculation and for seport. COTTON GOODS,— ?demote:6nm, Auctor 21.—We have had a rather excited market, with a good busineas and higher prime, both for cloth and yun. The excitement is to a great extent owing to the rising cotton market, and the 'accessing difficulty there is is buying goods owing to the mutant efforts of spinners and manufacturers to force up prime so as to cover the increased oust of cotton. There has been a good deal of business today in yarns, and the ad vance in price wines Tuesday is fully id. per lb. In some oases (but these are exceptional, and where yarn is of pica. liar and firet•rate makes) we bear of Id. advenue during the week. The demand has been for India. China, the Medi terranean, and home Undo. Some business has also been done by the Germans, but as usual they have exhibited • good deelof caution or timidity, and their purchases have bees comparatively small. On the other hand, the home trade have been rather free buyers. In cloth • very large business has been dune niece Tuesday, though the market his not been quite so active to-day. The business bas evidently been, too, for actual shipment, sod not for speculation. The better acamete from India on Monday, and again yesterday (brinegiag telegraphic dates to the 29th and 30th July), have evidently given a farther impetus to the market, sod the pries. et 31•iseh &Wags hie deemed 3d. per piece ea the average. For 45-lack, Winch, and wider cloths the advance has been Gk. per piece. On cloths of this description. of first-rate make, and seam, a much larger advance Ma been given, but the caw are very exoeptiooal, and ought to have very ittle Maumee in estimating the state of the market. One good feature of the market We week has been that the business has not been confined to a few large homes, but has been more general than for some time part. The home trade houses are buying, though not extensively, but the trade is sound and healthy and more hopeful than it has been. There has been more or lees demand for all ' markets, and the Greeks who ship to Egypt are buying more freely ; a result probably of the more plentiful supply Of ' money to that part of the world through the increased man. hty sent there and its greatly increased price. The influx of wealth to some other countries through the stoppage of I the American cotton supply is also gradually producing a similar result in extending the market for our manufactures much larger business, it is said, could be done in yarns if stocks could be found to supply the demand. The market closes with • cheerful feeling. though no one looks upon the I present active demand as likely to continue for more than a very short time. COLONIAL WOOL SALES.—The third and largest a lias of colonial wcol sales of the year commenced on the 16th of July. and was brought to a clout this day. The fresh arrivals in the interim of last sales amounted to 101,x10 bales, and it was estimated that, in addition, about 5.000 bales of previous arrival@ were in the bands of importer,. The quantity offered bag been 106,43 bales, but owing to many wools being twice catalogued, and some sales compri. dog mecood-hand wools to a very large extent, it is difficult to define the quantity sold, and bow many are remaining in first band for the next November sales. During so length ened a period it is hardly possible but some variation in prim would occur ; moreover, u at one period of the series the Polish-Russian question caused considerable apprehen sion, espeeally on the part of the foreigners, that the peace of the ooutirent was likely to be disturbed, and this would have had a much more serious effect on prices had not Pie splendid harvest weather, in countemetioa, given English buyers 'renamed confidence proapectively for the home bade. Reviewing the whole of the sales, we consider previous rates lwere, with some few ex ceptional days, mostly fully supported for the fir st three weeks. Under the wools, hardly realising former prices, we acuminate the Emit combing descriptions, as also the scoured wools of Port PhPlip, of which latter desei:ption there sem a large quantity. The subsequent progress of the sales wee marked with increased animatloe on all sides, and dodo( the last two weeks there was an upward tendency, and Sydney wool in general advanced lid. ; Van Dianne, Lend and New Zealand wools, and sound chatty Port Phillip, were likewise Id. higher. Adelaide wools, in the grease, for which there had been a good demised throughout at former rates towards the clore, when but little remained for sale, also improved somewhat; so that the present series ended with mach spirit at improved rates, with the exception of the Port Phillip and Sydney clothing wools in grease. The system which has been 'looted on the part of some milling broken to solicit speculative orders to have the wools so bought, tore-offer in their subsequent sales, if con tinued, will bring the London enlonial wool sales (which hitherto have justly gained the confidence of both the home and foreign buyers) into dierepute, and will teed to injure, Dot only the fair trader, but importers io general, as it most already have done where importers' wools were mach inter. mixed with those of second-hand. Home few years b.clr, when the trade complained of the like practice, it was etio lated es a s ale that wools, once passed the hammer and sold, should not be re-offered in the same series, and that all second-band wools, when catalogued, should be distinctly lotted apart from first-hand. This was acted op to for some time and in the interest of importers, manufacturers aid staplers, this regulation ought to be revived and carried out strictly.—(From the Circular of Means. Richd. buttes sad Son.) OORN.—Cenuirme.D. AUGUST 21.—We had a Rood sap. ply et wheat, new, ooedition and quality splendid. The market wee at wt la. lower for red, Is. to 2s. on white— rrd insides 43e. to 45e.; white, 46e. to 48s. Few samples of barley offered, not very good. Beaus, no alteration. LINCOLN, Ammer 21.—A goal supOy of what, prin. *ally of the new crop, at market today, with a dull trade, and paxe may be quoted 2a. peLl o r ;a, lower. Italy little doing in other article:. Wheat, new, 44a. to 47a. ; old, 46a. ; white, new , 47a. to 50s. • 481 • LirritroOL, Amusr 21.—We have bad few buyers at to-day's market, and all eivisca of foreign wheat have been excerdiegly unsaleable even at a decline of from 2d. to 3d. per rental on the quotations of Friday last. Floor doll at a reduction of 6d. per barrel and sack, Indian corn opened quite strong, with an upward teecenry, but buyers fighting st y, sellers were subsequently glad to sculpt Tuesday's prices, which show an improvement of 3d. per quarter on the intik. Oats are to Id. per bushel cheaper for I. ish, sad fully as dear for fine Danish, which are cow a...roe. Oatmeal is down 6d. per load. Beals have ad 6d. per neuter. Pease and barley steady. The mar ket dome depressed. - - WAKEFIELD, AUGUST 21.—Nwir wheat was ?a. to 3a. cheerer thaa on Int Friday. with a steady consumptive demand. Old wheat was rather lower. Other articles wen unaltered. 130ALS.-Lorpon, Avows? 2L-Bowen' West Hartley, 16s. 9d. ; Huddle's West Hartley, 16s. 9,L ; Cones Hart. lee, 16a. 9d. ; Hastinp Hartley, 16s. fkL ; Holy well Mam, 17s. 6d. ; North rehab Has, 13s. 3d. ; Tsefield Moor Bates, Us. 6d. ; West Hartley, 17s. ; Wylem , 16s. 6d. ; Eden Mein, 16e. 3d. ; Walls Had Braddylis Belton, 17s. ; • Walls End Haswell, 18s. ; Walls End Helton, 18a. ; Walls Eod Sepia. Otsego, 16a. 6d. ; Walls Eud Rossers Hotta., 17s. ; Walls Eod South Hostas, 18s. ; Walls End Stewart's, 17s. 9d. ; Walls Sad Tin:total., 13e. 9d. ; Well. Eed Har tlepool, 17s. 6,L ; Walls End Hough Hall, 16s. 9d. ; Walls End Kenos, 16s. 9d. ; Walla Bad But Hartlepool, 17a 9d. ; Walls End South Hartlepool. 16a 6d. ; Walls Bad South Sella, 16e. 9d. ; Walls End Trirodon Hartlepool, 17s. 61; Walla End Tnoxlon Thoroley, 16s ; Camay and Darya Malting, 205.-Shma at market , 144 ; sold 107- TRAFFIC RETIJRNS. Mks ?a.- Yee% Total. Total ILkILW37B. oyes airs &Nadia 1869 1811 Weak mailing August 9. A AI A London, Tilbury, d flout:L end Itatension Week ending August 11 ballast it N. Counties — 1,653 828 7,876 8,317 W eel ending August 16 Caledonian 2311 7.131 11.106 lEs=7 17.421 VESSELS SPOKEN WITH. Arnow bum liverpool for Callao, July £.7. lat. 14 N., lon. INW. Ballmnprra, from Sunderland tor Shanghne, May 11, lat. MI S., 100. Ci -- , from Cardiff for New York, Aug. 16. Ist. 46 N., lon. 23 W. Copenhagen, Roman, for Calcatta with troops, all well, Aug. 13, let. 46.30 N., lon. 10 40 W. Catarina, tram Clyde for Slam, July 4, hit. 29 5., lon. 35 W. liermlone, from Clyde for Mauritius 53 days, id. 30 6., tog. Re melee, from Clyde for Otago, July 27, let. 14 N., 10n.26 W Jane Lowden, from It/Lagoon for Falmouth, Way 25, lat. 34 S., lon. 37 13. Jessie, of Item pool, from Cardiff for Penambueo, July 11. lame], from London for Hong Kong 44 days, lat. 30 &, lon. M W. 3la it Margaret Deane:, from Liverpool for Bailie, Aug. t r CTI N., lon. 13 W. Ruben*. from New York for the Clyde, Aug. 12, lat. 43 N., lon. 63 W. gelnellan, from Bombay for London 110 days, lat. 44 N., lon. W. Iran Rangoon for Liverpool, Aug. 13, Lat. 3 :iir 4-i:-. Thine7b;tiue egged steamer:, from Leith for Sydney 70 days, lat. 10 S., lon. 30 W. Vulcan, for Bermuda, July 11, ht. 20 N., ha. 46 W. Weosnnuth, from Alexandria, Aug. 12. ht. IWO N., lon. 7.00 W. WintVtlillir, from London for Moreton By, J 11.7 S, lat. 29 S, tone. W . Wellington, from Liverpool for Canso, leaky 27, Int. 14 N., lon. 28 W. LONDON GINIMAL COMNIDM4 COMPANY. —At the half-yearly meeting of this canvas'', to be held oa Bth September, the directors propose to declare a dividend at the rate of flee per met. per &seam, free of income-tax. BIRTHS, MARRIAGPX, AND DRATBS. BI kgrlifS. Braßplys.—Aumtha at Oahe Twickenham, Mrs. R. W. Burrows of a ma. CRL-iER —August 19, at Twickenham, the wife of G. L Cream, RN.. of a daughter. DUNSTAN August 10, Emily Catherine, the wife of J. Dunstan, Esq., Constable of Chester Castle, of a son , HOLLWAY.—August Ili, at belle Vne, Richmond, the wife of J. O. Hallway, iaq., of a dAughter. WFAILLANK —August 19, at Mansioe.hottse-roa ', Edinburgh, the wife of J. 31.Yarimie, Vag.. of a son . ROBINDON.—Aunust rO, at Auckland Villa, Lower Norwood, the wife of 0. Robtheon, Req., of a eon. MARRIAGES, ....... BOITLAN—BF.NEDICT. — August 20. at P 4. James's, fipani4h. place, by the Rev. J. Toured, krnest, only eon of Joseph Emile Boutin, Peg., of Bordeaux, to Alice, youngett daughter of Jules Benedict. Eqi Xlauchestersquare. No cards. HOYLE— TRACK ERAV.—Accost 20, at 111, Luke.. Camden road West, Hollorsy, by the Rev. K. 11,1, Bayne Richard, son of J. T. Hoyle, Y.Aq coroner of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. to Cecilia, danchter of the late W. Thmakeray, ohq., of the Lon don Joint Clock Bank. PRICE - BUNTEN. —AugOst 19. at Rt. Paul's, Islington, by the Rev. H. 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