The Express. — London, England, 1848-02-03 00:00:00

now in question, the gentleman by whom the lint was drawn up stated, that frum the appearance, manner, and conversation of the deceased, ho saw nothing to lead him to doubt that he was of perfectly sound mind. It was true that upon _interrogatory be stated that he was not aware that Kr. Retaken entertained the insane notion that Mrs. Geddes's death was caused by ?oison. The second codicil confirmed the first; and anything more businesalike or orderly than the drawing up of the last codicil could not be conceived. The fulsome terms in which the attach ment of the deceased to his niece was pleaded was enough to satisfy bins (Dr. Addams) that the case was not very sound. In reply it was pleaded that there were occasional disputes between them, which Miss Davidson denied; but the evidence of her own witueu, Mr. Hutchin son, proved that they did not hit it off" leg well during her visit to London. That gentleman stated that she wanted tact is the management of her uncle, and that he was at one time a sort of mediator between them to keep matters smooth. The will had the appearance of having been made with considerable haste, and upon the face of it it seemed that the testator was impressed with the idea that his Oster would be the survivor. The first object of the will was to give to his sister absolutely that portion of the property which was left to him by her husband, subject to her life interest ; it did not, however, become his unless he survived her, but went over to other parties. It was natural, therefore, to expect that subsequent testamentary documents would ho executed. Ile submitted that there wai no evidence to show that the deceased attri buted the death of his sister to his niece, in any ether way than by letting down the windows of the railroad carriage, and thus giving her cold. That was the head and front of his delusions. Several witnesses deposed that he never hinted in the slightest degree at poison having been adminis tered, and that part of the case was wilfully false and untrue. The word " poison" had been introduced into many of the articles, and then some of the witnesses produced adopted the word. There was another part of Miss Davidson's case which was intentionally false, and on that ground he should pray for a condemnation in costs. The story told was, that she hod been turned out of the house at Viewforth, which had been her home for thirty year, and went to take up her abode at Edinburgh. The utmost, however, that the witnesses proved was, that the deceased said that it was impossible that his niece and he could live together; that he wished to be much alone ; and thinking that it would not be right towards her, as she was the lady of the house, he considered it desirable that she should have a companion. Mrs. Yeu'g gave the true account of the matter, when she stated that Miss Davidson left the house at her own free pleasure—a fact which was confirmed by a document in the rouse. The deceased told every one that, however he might have altered his will, Miss Davidson, as a single woman, would be well cif, for ho had lett her 7001. a year. Another pert of the case, equeny false, was the plea of general insanity, and without which he (Dr. Addams) believed that the allegation would not have been admitted. Two witnesses were vouched and produced on that article, one of whom negatived it altogether, and the other stated that a medical consultation had taken place not on general insanity but on monomania. This was not a case of such partialinsanity even as would induce the court to pro nounce against the codicils.--Dr. Jenoer followed on the same side. The Queen's Advocate appeared on behalf of Miss David son. The positions of law which he wished to establish were these : first, that a person might be insane on one or more particular subjects though he might be apparently sane on all others, and conduct himself in a proper manner ; secondly, apparent insanity on some subjects was not proof of the non-existence of general in sanity ; lastly, that where there was delusion of mind there was insanity. That had been laid down in several cases, more particularly in " Dewe o. Clark." Where a person be lieved that things existed which existed only in his own imagination, and of the noinesistenee of which neither ar gument nor proof could convince him, he wee of unsound mind. The present case came precisely within that rule, Mr. Rankers believed that his niece had purposely de stroyed her auut, whether by poison or otherwise, and that she had also administered poison to him, but it failed in taking effect. The evidence showed that that impression existed in his mind shortly after the period of their arrival in Derby, and that it continued firmly fixed there down to the latest period of his existence. Me (the Queen's Advocate) differed from his learned friend Dr. Addams, in the interpretation put upon the case of "Greenwood," and which terminated in a compromise. To come, however, to the case itself, Miss Davidson was the only child of the family, and the deceased and Mrs. Geddes adopted her as their own. Mrs. Geddes and her niece resided in Scotland, and the testator frequently went on a visit to them ; be lived in London, and they came and spent several weeks with him. It was said that there had been au interruption of the cordial esteem formerly subsist ing between Mr. Ranken and his niece before they left for Derby, but the only witness produced to speak to quarrels between them, a servant who ] had been sixteen years in the family, knew nothing about them, his evidence consisting of mere fancy and in ference. Mr. Hutchinson, who though produced by Miss Davidson, was very friendly to the executors, who were setting up the will and the codicil, stated that the testator was uniformly kind to his niece on the last and en preceding visits. It was true the deceased in his will had reserved to himself the power of making codicils, but it must be re membered that he was a Scotch gentleman, and that this was the Scotch form. Every kind of property possessed by the deceased was named in the will, proving therefore that it had been well considered by him. Not having made a previous will showed that it had been the testator's inten tion that his niece should take the property as heiress at law. The testimony of the medical gentlemen who saw the deceased and his slater at Derby tended to prove that be was at that time of unsound mind, and that he was labour ing under insane delusions with regard to Miss Davidson. Mr. Ranken expressed his opinions over and over again as to what his niece had done, both with respect to her aunt and himself, with a view to get possession of his property. Even the witnesses on the other side stated that they be lieved he was unsound on that point. The drawer of the codicil stated that the testator did not know the names of the persons to whom he wished to leave the property, nor how many there were in the family, and that had he been aware of the delusions as to the niece he would not have prepared or attested the codicil. It was fully proved that Mr. Ranken would take nothing but eggs and soda water, which he required to be opened in his presence, lest poison should have been put in them. The alterations effected by the codicil sprung from the insane delusions, and were connected with them ; indeed be let his niece know the contents of the codicil, in order that his life might be safe. The evidence adduced in the ease proved the continuance of the delusion at the time the other codi cils were executed, and, in fact, down to his death. Viewing the case as a whole, it was too clear to admit of doubt, and he (the Queen's Advocate) therefore prayed the court to pro. flounce for the will only, and to reject the three codicils now propounded.—Dr. Harding was heard on the same side.— The case was then postponed until the next session. Assignations were subsequently disposed of. WESTMINSTER COUNTY COURT. Before D. C. Moylan, Esq., Judge. TEGO V. VISCOUNT rALSIERSTON.—This was an actiOn brought by the plaintiff, a coach-wheelwright, against the Right Hon. Lord Palmerston, M.P., to recover the sum of 171. 103. for work and labour done fur his lordship.—No answer being given to the thrice.repeated summons of the bailiff for his lordship to appear, the case woe ordered to proceed. There appeared for the plaintiff an attorney's clerk, whom the judge refused to hear.—Glass, the officer of the court, said he left the summons with the man 'errant at his lordship's house in Carlton-gardens. The servant told him his lordship was in town, and he would give it him im mediately.—The Judge to the plaintiff: Hare you had any communication from his lordship since the summons ? Plaintiff said he had not, and proceeded to state that he sued his lordship for work done in making and repairing wheels for his carnage during the years 1842 and 1843. Had the orders direct from his lordship's own mouth at his residence in Carlton-gardens. It was in the early past of 1842 that his lordship gave the order for one portion of the work. Had many times applied for payment, but never had a chance of seeing his lordship. Had written to him and sent in two or three bills, but had never had an answer.—The learned Judge, having carefully examined the entries in the plaintiff's books, made an order on his lordship to pay the debt and costs on the IGth Inst. BLOOMSBURY COUNTY COURT. Before E. pato* EM COURI'NET IL MADDOX, OF THE PItiNCEBS t B.—T MEATH!. CAL FILACAS.—This was an action against the defendant, Mr. J. M. Maddox, lessee of the Princess's Theatre, brought by the plaintiff, late a member of the dramatic corps of that establishment, to recover the sum of 11. 7s. f,d., one week's salary, due and unpaid. Plaintiff stated that on the opening of the theatre, on the 4th of October last, he was engaged by the defendant, at a weekly salary of 11. 7s. 6d. On Friday, the ltith of January, he was going through his first rehearsal as Captain Miguel, in "The Youeg Guard," when the defendant came abruptly up to him, saying, " Come, you can act very well on horses' backs, at Astley's ; that's not a bit like the character." 'Witness remarked, "Is it any disgrace to have acted at Astley's i" and words ensuing between them, defendant called to the carpenters, ordering them to " turn this blackguard of He felt hurt at such an expression, and said that he did not know that he was en gaged to be kicked as well as to act, adding, " What is the disgrace of acting at Astley's to what you may have done in your time ?" On what secret chord those words could have touched he could not tell, but the carpenters were again summoned, and by them he was put through the stage door. The next morning he found that he was denied the right of entree. He applied for his week', salary due on the Friday night, but the defendant refused to pay him more than 251., which of course he would not script, and hence the present action.—By Mr. Thomas : He certainly during the war of words called the defendant a "dirty beast."—Mr. Thomas, addressing the judge Your honour, I the defence is that my client was quite justified in getting rid of an arrangement entered into with a person making use of such opprobrious epithets towards an employer as the plaintiff had admitted doing on being temperately spoken to by defendant, who, while he was going through his part and acting with Madame Thillon he considered to be making the character ridiculous, and likely, if so performed before the public, to get the piece damned.—llefendant was then sworn, and said that the plaintiff making the character assigned to him perfectly foolish, he spoke to him, when he said he would not act the part at all, and left the stege, first making use of the language ascribed to him, and not per forming that night he did not consider him entitled to his usual weekly salary.—The Judge observed that it wan not to bo presumed that a performer at rehearsal could act the same as at night, when under excitement; still, after what the defendant and his witness had sworn to, he must dismies the plaint, but the plaintiff could, if he liked, sue defendant in one of the superior courts after Easter for the amount of salary which he would be then entitled to, supposing him to be still engaged.—Judgment for defendant. THE EXPRESS THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1848. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. OLD COURT.—Before Me. Justleeoateridge. Ting FOltoElilf ON Toe BANK or RllbtllA.—Leyoe Aaronson, 30, wine-merchant, Jacob Friedeberg, 26, furrier, and Raphael Kaufman, 47, printer, were placed at the bar to plead to an indictment, charging that they, having in their posassaien, on the 15th October, certain atones en which wee engraved part of an undertaking for the payment of money, purporting to be part of a foreign undertaking for the payment of foreign money of the empire of Russia, did unlawfully use the said stones by making five hundred impressions of an undertaking fur the payment of foreign money, de. ; and Solomon Mureovitz, 30, furrier, was charged as an accessory Moro the fact, by unlawfully procuring and inciting the other prisoners to commit the offence with which they were charged, and also with har bouring and maintaining them after its commisaion.—The prisoners Aaronson and Muscovite pleaded guilty. Mr. Bodkin said he had been instructed to defend the prisoner Aaronson, but upon a perusal of the evidence against bins, he felt that it would be hopeless to struggle against a conviction, and it was with his eanction that Hie prisoner pleaded guilty, and threw himself pose the merci ful consideration of the court.—Mr. Robinsen made a few similar observations with regard to Muscovitz.—Mr. Clark son said he had the honour, with his friend Mr. Ballantine, to conduct the prosecution on behalf of the crown of Russia, and he was instructed by the Consul-General, and the other officials concerned, to state wit rerd to these two prisoners who had pleaded guilty, that the ga y should leave their case entirely in the bands of the court to be dealt with se merci fully as the circumstances w..idd permit. The other prisoners, Friedebeeg and Kauffman, pleaded not guilty, and on being asked whether they chose to exer• vise their right of being tried' by:a jury partly composed of foreigners, they elected to ho . tried by a jury composed en tirely of Englishmen. These prisoners had no counsel, and they cross-examined the witnesses and conducted their own defence. Mrs. Sarah Myers deposed that she lived at No. 28, Bury street, St. Mary-sae. In April, 1847, Friedeberg came to lire at her house and left about the latter end of May, and came a second time to live with her in July and left in October. While Friedeberg lived at her house, he was visited by all the other prisoners; and Muscoviu at one periud occupied a room in her house, and Friedeberg repre sented that he was his cousin, and that he expected him to pay him some money. Mr. G. L. Lee, an engraver end lithographic artist and printer, in Holborn, deposed that he sold lithographic mate rials. He knew the prisoners Aaronson, Kauffman, and Friedeberg, and in September he sold them a lithographic stone, and at the same time they said something about want ing a press, and a day er two afterwards he showed them one, which Friedeberg and Kauffman agreed to have, and it was arranged that they should give a deposit of If., and pay Isalfoe-erown a week for the use of the press. He at the same dun lent them two printing rollers and another atone, and two scrapers. The prisoner Aaronson gave the name of Alexander, and the receipt was made out In that name. A few days after this transaction Kauffman came to his shop, and said he could not make the peas work, and witness ac companied him first to Newton-street, Holborn, where be saw Friedeberg, and while ho was there he asked to look at the prose. Kauffman, who was present, appeared to consult with Friedeberg, and then took him to a house in Short's gardens, Drury-lane, and he was fe.own into an up stain room, and Kauffman brought in the press, which appeared to have been tried, and the handle was broken. lie then' showed Kauffman how to make the press work. This press was shortly afterwards returned, and a larger one taken in its place, and he subsequently saw this larger press in the pOlOtB6loll of the officer—Mrs. Julia Lee, the wife of the last witness, proved that during the absence of her husband she exchanged the email press fora larger one, to Kauffman and Friedeberg, and, at the same time, she lent them a larger lithographic atone.—Mr. J. Oliphant, a stationer, in Threadneedle-street, deposed that on the 20th Sept., Aaron son and Kauffman came to his shop and purchased two Trines of paper, of different qualities. The witness identi fied the paper produced, on which impressions of the forged notes had been taken, as part of the paper he. sold. Aaron eon came a second time to his shop, and bought all the paper similar to one of the quires he had before purchased, and he at the same time said, that if it suited the purpose for which it was intended, he should want more paper of the same description.—Mrs. Anne El sey deposed that she kept the house, No. 8, Queen street, Soho, in which Kauffman, Aaronson, and Friedeberg were taken intocustody. The two latter tint engaged the apartment for a French gentleman, who, they said, could not speak English. They said the gentleman's name was Itarchand. On the same evening Friedeberg and another man brought a press, and Kauffman came half an hour I afterwards ; and he alone lived in the house, but the other two prisoners came to see him almost every day, and Frieda- Inn used to remain nearly the whole of the day in Kafaman's apartment. —Mr. S. Straker, a lithographer, de. peed that on the 17th September Friedeberg and Kauffman ' =two lithographic stones of him, which he identi tr.. then produced. lie understood from Kauffman that he was a poor artist, and that ho had just come from Paris, and was about to do some lithographic work, and as he had no press he asked witness if he would allow him to come to his shop to " prove " his work, and he consented to allow him to do so. On the 20th, Kauffman and Aaronson purchased a larger stone, which was afterwards at their re quest cut into three pieces. Daniel Forrester, the City officer, deposed that from infor mation he received he went, on the 15th October, to the house in Queen-street, Soho, in which Kauffman occupied an apartment. His brother John and some other persons accompanied him. They proceeded up stairs to Kauffman's room, and with a hammer knocked the door open by forcing off the lock. Oa entering the room he saw Kauffman stand ing at the bead of a small table with a pair of scissors in his hand, and Freideberg and Aaronson were standing close by him, apparently obeerving what Kauffman was doing. Upon the table there were a number of printed papers, which he produced. The prisoners were secured, and he searched the room, and under the bed he found a parcel of forged notes, and in a cupboard there was another parcel of printed papers. In the pocket or lining of Kauffman's coat he found soother parcel, which he cut out. A printing press, some lithographic stones, and other articles of a similar character were in the room. The press was afterwards iden tified by Mr. Lee. He took from Friedeberg a key, which opened the room of a house in Wardour-street, and in shot room he saw his brother find some parcels concealed between the bed and mattress.—Cross-examined by Friede berg : Ile did not think that he tried the door to see if it was Pecked before he buret it open with the hammer. Did not find any papers like Russian notes in his pocket. Be lieved the prisoner did say . something about two other per sons occupying two rooms In the same house with him in Wardour-street, and that he wanted him to take those two persons into cuetody, but he did not do so. Re-examined : Witness found in the room a prayer-book, which Kauffman claimed as his property, and between the leaves he disco vered a genuine Russian bank note.—John Forrester con firmed the evidence given by his brother, and produced the other articles spoken of by him.—Frideberg said he should like to know how it was when the officer had made so much inquiry about everything else, that he did not get some more information about these two men, and ascertain which rooms they occupied?—Mr. Justice Coleridge said he could not tell. The officer said he had not done it, and he might sup pose, if he pleased, that he had not done his duty..—Forrester, on re-examination, said that he acted throughout the trans action under the directions of the Consul-General of Ramie, end received instructions, from time to time, how to act.— Mr C. Clark, en interpreter, deposed that he translated the impression taken from the stone, and that it appeared to be the copy of a Russian bank note.—Mr. Nethercliffe, jun., lithographic artist, deposed that be had carefully examined a portion of the lithographic stones that had been produced, and he ascertained that one of the impressions upon the stone had been covered over with some preparation. This was a 'course that would be pursued by an artist who wished to use the impression again, but, in the mean time, desired to make use of the stone for some other purpose. After washing off the composition he applied turpentine to the stone, and brought out the original etching upon the stone, and then worked some impressions from it, which he produced.—Mr. Clark was here re-called, and he said that the translation he had made was from ono of the impressions produced by the last witness in the way he described. M. Carl Jacob Pieter deposed that he was a director of the Imperial B ink of Russia. It was a government bank, and issued single rouble notes, the value of which, in English money, was about 3s. Id. He bad examined the notes found in the possession of the prisoners, and ascertained that they were imitations of and similar toe Russian bank note for one rouble, but they were, ir. fact, forgeries. lie also stated that notes of this description were very extensively circulated in Muria. In answer to a question put by Friedeberg, the witness said that he was of opinion the forged notes that had been produced might have been circulated in Russia, and that ignorant people would take them to be genuine 'iota.. The forged notes were incorrect in almost every particular, and very badly executed; but still he was of opinion that ignorant people might be deceived by their similarity to the genuine note. The prisoner Friedeberg, upon being called upon for his defence, denied that any of the lithographic stones had ever beer, in his possocion, and he said that the witnesses for the prosecution had only proved the finding of the stone at the house in Queen-street, when it was proved that he himself resided in Wardour street. He then put in a long written statement, in which he represented that he had been tre panned into the situation in which he was found by the officers, by the two persons whom he had referred to in his erase-examination. Ile also said that he knew nothing more ' of Kauffman than that he was a lithographer, and as he was ignorant of the English language he merely accompanied him on the different occasions spoken to out of kindness, and from a desire to assist him in carrying on his business. — The other prisoner made a statement of a similar character, through the medium of the interpreter.—The landlord of the house in Wardour-street stated, in answer to a question put by Mr. Clarkson, that the door of the room occupied by the prisoner was always kept locked. Mr. Justice Coleridge having summed up, the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Guilty.--Sentence was deferred. Before the Common Eerie et. ALLEGED ROMIEHY IIY POLICKIEEN.—J. Coates, 21, and F. Susermen, 21, both formerly constables belonging to the metropolitan police, were indicted for stealing a carpet bag, containing a diamond ring and several articles of wear ing apparel, the property of George Spoor. The prose cutor, who is a commander in the Royal Navy, was proceeding . in a steam-boat to Gravesend, on the 11th Dec., having with him two carpet bags, and when he arrived at Gravesend he missed one of them. Mr. Spong spoke with some certainty to seeing both prisoners on board the boat on the day in question, and a very considerable portion of the stolen property was found a short time after wards in a lodging occupied by the prisoner Coates at Chel tenham, and also at a lodging he had formerly occupied in Anthony-street, St. George's-in-the-East. It was likewise roved that on the lath December the prisoner Coates pawned a portion of the property, and on the 17th the die mond ring was pledged by the other prisoner.—The pri soner, :Swenson, in his defence declared that the books of the police would chow that he was on duty at the time the robbery was committed, and also on the day when the pawn broker represented that he had pawned the rieg.—liardwiek, the polies serjeant of the prisoner's division, on being ap aled to upon this point, said he believed the police books would certify that the prisoner Serer men should have been on duty on the days he mentioned, but he was frequently charged with neglecting his duty, and at the time in question he had no sergeant over him who could state whether he was on duty or not.—The pawnbroker was recalled, and he spoke positively to the fact of Swermen being the person who pawned the ring.—The jury found both prisoners Guilty.—The Common derjeaut told Bwer men he would cot pass sentence upon him then, but would give hint an opportunity of bringing forward evidence, if it was in his power to do so, to prove the facts be stated. — Swenson said that an inspector and two constable', whom he named, could prove the fact.—The prisoner Coates was then arraigned upon another indictment, 'barging him with stealing a carpet-bag,the propetty of a gentlemen named White. This was a similar case to the but. The prosecutor was coming to London by the Blackwell liailway, on the Ilth December, when he bad his carpet-bag stolen, and a portion of the property it contained was found in the possession of the prisoner—The jury again returned a verdict of Guilty. —Mr. Bodkin said there were two other indictments against the prisoner. It appeared that be had gone down by the Great Western Railway to his friends at Cheltenham, taking with him a large quantity of luggage, the greater portion of which was the produce of robberies he had cora -1 'flitted upon the different railways. The appearance of the pri s oner, and the quantity of luggage he had with him, attracted the attention of an officer connected with the railway, and he was watched, and it appeared that, not withstanding the position in which he was then placed by hie former conduct, he could not refrain from committing two robberies upon persons travelling in the same train.—The Common Scrjeant sentenced the prisoner to be transported for 14 years. NEW the Common serjeant, and Aldermen Moon and fluster. STLALING A CASK-BOX.—Andrew &heifer, a German, was indicted for stealing a cash-box, 33 sovereigns, and 3.51., belonging to a chartered company called the General Screw Steam Shipping Company. There were several counts charging the property as that of various private individuals. —3lr. Bodkin appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Huddle stone was for the prisoner.—Mr. Bodkin stated the case to the jury. The evidence, the learned gentleman said, was of a purely circumstantial nature, but when the facts were combined, he thought the jury would have little hesitation in saying that the only just inference that could be drawn was, that the prisoner was guilty. It appeared that the name of a German, named August Milers, was in the in dictment, but the police had not yet succeeded in taking him. The prisoner, who was intimate with Hilliera, called on the day of the robbery at the company's office, in Mark lane, and asked some questions in Dutch as to whether the company had any vessels running to Corunna. He was answered in the negative, and was referred to a gentleman named Rand, a shipping agent. The prisoner went away ; but returned in a few minutes, and told the clerk that he wished to go to Rotterdam, and not to Co- runna. Ile requested some information about the vessels which the company had plying between that place and Lon don ; but it was necessary, before the clerk could answer his interrogatories, that he should proceed to an adjoining office. At that moment Mr. Dickenson, the clerk, was counting some ash; but he put it all into a cash-box, locked that, and placed it inside a safe, the door of which he left open. He then went with the prisoner to the other offioe, which was but a few steps distant, and as soon es the prisoner had entered, he carelessly shot the bolt of the lock. When his questions had been answered, be went to open the door, and made a great noise, in order (it was supposed) to give Hillier& notice that they were returning. The prisoner had been told to goto a broker's in the neighbourhood, and he left, saying he should do so. Mr. Dickenson immediately dis covered that the cash-box and its contents had been stolen. A person having seen Hilliera—who was intimately ac quainted with the premises—on the staircase during the time Mr. Dickenson was in the second office with the prisoner, information was given to the police, who went in quest of him. It being thought, from the prisoner having locked the door, and from his having first asked about Corunna and then Rotterdam, that he had done so to get Mr. Dickenson away from the cashbox while Hillier*, who, it was known, knew that Mr. Dickenson would have to go to the second office to give the information the prisoner asked for, was by a preconcerted scheme on the :alert to snatch tho box and make off, He was described to Davis, of the City detective police. That officer went to a public-house in the Commer cial-road, and there he found the prisoner, who, after a des perate resistance, was arrested. He said at first that ha had seen Hilliera on the day of the robbery, and then he said he had not, for he was gone abroad. The police found the cash box empty in Ratcliff-highway, and upon it were blood stains, evidently caused by the fingers of the person who broke it open being cut. There were scratches and cuts upon the prisoner's hands. No portion of the money had been recovered.—Mr. Huddlestone addressed the jury at considerable length, arguing that, supposing it admitted that Millers stole the box, the evidence did not substantially MOTe that the prisoner was him ennfolierete —The Common Serjcsnt said there could be no doubt but that Ililliera stole the box. The question was, did the prisoner assist in the robbery by getting Mr. Dickenson out of the way, under the pretext of getting information about the Rotterdam steamer ? —The jury found the prisoner Gull/Eh—The Common-Ser jeant said as the prisoner was a foreigner he should not pries a sentence of transportation, though he (prisoner) richly deserved it. The sentence was, that the prisoner be kept to hard labour for nine calendar months. POLICE. Ir _ ESTERDAY. THE ACCIDENT ON TILE SOUTII-WESTERN RAILWAY. LAMBETH.—Henry Jones and Lewis Fleming, an engine.driver and a fireman, were brought up on remand charged with having caused the death of David Markland, who was killed by the collision on the South-Western Rail way on the night of the 14th January.—Mr. Dalrymple,who appeared for the railway company, put in a medical certifi cate stating that Fortescue, the guard of the passenger train, war not sufficiently recovered to attend. Ito then called— Mr. J. V. Gooch, superintendent of the South-Western Railway, who said : I know the Purbright embankment at Woking. I have visited the spot since the accident occurred, for the purpose of making myself acquainted with the de tails of the gradients. 1 know the canal wall. The accident happened at the 25th mile post, which is 31 miles from the wall of the cutting. It is an open place, with an uninter rupted view of the point of accident. The gradient is a slightly varying one, between one in 285 and one in 345. There is no greater fall at the spot where the accident happened than at any other place on that portion of the line. have made an experiment with a view of ascertannng at what distance such a train could be stopped. I did so by means of a luggage-train corresponding with the one which occasioned the acci dent. I desired a man to walk 600 yards from the 25th mile-stone, where the accident took place, towards the cutting, and stead there with a green light. I had charge of the engine, and regulated the speed of the train at 21 miles an hour, which is one mile over the average speed. I desired the foreman to stand at his brake, to be ready to apply it when I reversed the engine. I came up to the green light, heard a detonating signal, which had been placed on the rails, explode, and reversed the engine without cutting off the steam. I sounded the whistle, and called the atten tion of the guards, who were not aware of my object. When we came to a stand, I got down and measured the distance to where the man was, which was two hundred end fifty-eight yards. The man had not left the place. This was on a gradient of I in 333. There was only one road-box to the train in which the prisoners were. The road box brake is a great help, but the tender brake is the most efficient one. The latter is in the charge of the fire. man. I can calculate on controlling a train by means of the tender-brake. On the 11th ult. the train consisted of 31 carriages, which were six more than that with which I made my experiment last night.—Mr. Elliott: Does the c xperi ment which you made last night enable ynu to state at what distance, supposing Use train Dad consisted of 31 carriages, and there hod been no road-box, the train would have been supped by reversing the engine and applying the brake?-1 he Witness: Considering the circumstance under which the experiment of last night took place, and the dry state of the rails, I think that an ad ditional 70 to 1110 yards would Lave covered those disadvan tages—namely, that Instead of 250_ yards such a train would require 350 yards to stop it in. — Mr. Elliott : Supposing that it was an unfavourable night, what would happen then? —Witness : I think the distance of GOO yarde would provide for every contingency, and I consider that under all circum stances the train on the night of the 14th inst. ought to have been stopped within that distance.-111r. Dalrymple: Have you taken into consideration in gising your opinion that in making the experiment you were prepared for signal, while the guards must necessarily have been taken by surprise, and not prepared to act in so prompt a manner? Under these circum stances, would you etill say that the train could have been stopped at GOO yards ?—Witness : Certainly ; I have no doubt of it.—ln answer to the magistrate, witness observed that the reason why he used the green light in making the experi ment was, because it was only a signal of caution. The red light, which was the danger signal, was as easily seen as the green light, lie saw the light in questian about two miles Dorseyoff.—Cross.examd by Mr Wolff, who appeared for the defendants : ou consider the results of your experimental trip, considering the circumstances in which the prisoners were placed, were of a nature to lead you to imagine that these men did not employ their hest energies en the occasion ?—Witness : Certainly I do.—Mr. Wolff: Then in your mind there is no speculation in the matter, after having made the trial.—Witness : None whatever. — Mr. Wolff : Assuming that there ISM an additional number of six carriages, that the rails were greasy, and that it was a night when mists and fosse were prevalent, would these not be unfavourable circumstances ?—Witness : I should consi der that they would. The time when I made the experi ment was about a quarter or 20 minutes past ten. I took the same time, and, as far as I could, the same circumstances as when the accident occurred. I had not prepared to check the speed before I reached the man with the green light, but immediately on reaching him I used the best means in my power to do so. The rails were dry at the time, and I had two brakes on the train. There was a detonating signal on the line at the time of my experi ment, but none at the time of the accident. However, I repeat that under every circumstance the train in question could have been stopped at 600 yards. It is the duty of the fireman to apply the tender brake without instructions from the driver. The fireman is not entirely under the control of the driver; he is regarded as his assistant, but has his own duties to perform irrespective of him. Supposing Jones to have been driving the train at the time of the accident, and not to have received intimation of danger until within 200 yards of the passenger-train, I think he could not have stopped in time. Another circumstance of some importance is the charge of steam in the engine ; but I always consider in my calculations that • man has his engine in a fit state to work. An overcharged engine is more easy to stop than an undercharged on. The tender brake on the Buffalo — the engine with which I conducted my experiment—is of the earns construction as the Rhinoceros, the one which drew the luggage train at the time of the accident. I have no re collection of Jones having complained to me during the time he has been in the service of the company of the in effective state of the brake of the Rhinoceros engine. On the occasion of making my experiment, I had the tender brake and two others, and on the train to which the acci dent happened there is only a tender brake. I have never driven any luggage train by means of the Rhinoceros tender. I have no doubt that a goods train will sometimes run 500 or 600, or even 800 yards, after • brake has been applied. It is not • dangerous thing suddenly to reverse an engine going at such a speed, but it is objectionable, becau.e it is eakulated to damage the works. It should only be done in cues of emergency. Thin concluded Mr. elooch's evidence. In answer to a question regarding the character of the de fendents, be had no hesitation in bearing testimony to their sober, steady, and careful conduct while in the company's service. John Smorling said I was guard of the goods train, which left Southampton on the 14th ult., at 10 minutes after 7. It wu the next goods train to that which ran into the luggage train. I came up to Llndon that night. It wee past 11 o'clock when we reached the Frimley cutting. The night wu foggy, and it scented more foggy in the cutting than anywhere else. We received a danger signal from the mail train coming down, and stopped about half or three quarters of a mile through the cutting. We then went on cautiously for about half a mile, and then I saw five red light& in the road, and likewise fog signals. The lights consisted of two side lamps, one day lamp, and two hand lamps. Iwu then nearly two miles from the place where I bad first seen the signal. The rails were slippery on the night in question.—Cross-examined by Mr. Wolff: We had 34 vans on the train, and brakes to every vraggon. We could aot use all at once, but only apply three brakes in order to sto—By the Magistratethe lightengineer did not reverse the tn p. gine when we saw , but only applied the brakes. - W. Hudd, brakeman of the luggage train, which caused the collision, deposed that be was riding at the time in a second-class carriage, and looking out on the left side, al though the light was en the right side of the tender. There was a brake on the 'het class carriage, and not on the se cond, but he was not aware of the fact at the time. Ile be. lieved it was the duty of Fortescue, the head guard, to see if the brakes were on the trains ; he never looked to such matters, unless he received special direction. lie would not have ridden in a second-class carriage had there been any other place ; but the waggons were loaded, and it was his duty to be as near the tail of the train as possible. There was no road box, which was has proper place, and he was obliged to take up his position where he could. Mr. Wolff submitted on the part of Fleming that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant his detention.—The magistrate said he had carefully considered the evidence, and had decided that both the prisencremust be committed to take their trial for manslaughter. He required, in the case of Jones, two sureties of 1001. each, and himself in 2001.; and for Fleming two sureties of 50/., and himself in 1001., for their appearance at the next assizes for the county. MANSION-HOUSE.—CHARITY. — The Lord Mayor ac knowledged the receipt of 101. from " Ma. Wt.," through the houseof Hoare and Co. ; and half a 51. note from " A Freeholder and Citizen." WORSHIP-STBEET.—Rscrivnto STOLEN BRICKS. — W. Thomas, dealer in building materials, was charged with receiving a large number of new bricks, the property of Mr. Hill, well knowing the same to hare been stolen.—The pro secutor stated, that on Friday se'nnight ho sent one of his carmen to cart away a quantity of bricks from a barge at the Regent's. canal Basin, in the City-road. About an hour after the man had left, witness happened to be passing the defendant's premises, when he observed his cart, which was three parts filled with bricks, standing in the yard, and his carman engaged in conversation with the prisoner. On en tering the yard his carman immediately ran out, and had not since beea heard of. The prisoner said it was the first time the man bad been there, and he hoped he would look over it. In another part of the yard he saw nearly a cart -1 load of the same bricks, which he recognised as his property, and he accordingly proceeded to the station-house 1 and gave directions for the prisoner's apprehension. On the following day the whole of the bricks were returned to him by the prisoner, accompanied by a letter, in which he expressed his regret for the transaction, and stated it to be purely accidental.—Police constable Ball stated that on telling him the nature of the charge the prisoner declared that the bricks were brought to his house by the carman without his knowledge or sanction.—Mr. Heritage, who attended for the prisoner, said that, according to his instruc tions, the explanation given to the officer was the true state of the case, the first load of bricks having been brought to his client's premises during his absence; and upon the arrival of the second portion he was interrogating the muter upon the subject, with a view to discover the owner, when the prosecutor made his appearance—The prisoner was remanded. CHARITY.—The magistrate acknowledged the receipt of two letters, enclosing postage stamps to the amount of 5a.1 and 10s., from "J. W. and "A. W. Te." for the relief et the Wide,. aod her distressed faintly ; and also the following donations: From "R. S.,' 11, be applied to the poor-box; a Fat-office order 21., from "S. M." for the Widow Ives; 11., fleas "E. F. G.," and 10s. from "M. J. M." to be equally divided between two poor men, named Baines and Downes, who complained a few days since at this court that their ap plications for relief to the parish of Whitechapel had net been attended to ; and 1/. to be applied exclusively for the benefit of Baines and hie three children, from Jack's coffee house. MARYLEBONE. —A PLueneasa of FURNISHED AVARTMENTS.—CaroIine Felix, a dressmaker, was charged with robbery. In May last, the prisoner, who represented herself to be a married woman, and alleged that her husband held a railway situation, entered upon the occupancy of a ready-furnished apartment at the house of Mrs. Elmore, 32, N u tford-place,Ed gew are-road. One day towards the latter end of July, she went out, and never returned ; and upon the room being examined it was found to hare been plundered of bedding, cutlery, glasses, paintings, &e., to a considerable extent. It turned out that the prisoner had pawned the greater portion of the article.; and yesterday morning she was taken into custody upon her being liberated from Clerkenwell prison, in which place she had been confined for six mouths, pursuant to her sentence, for another robbery of a like nature committed by her before she went to lodge at Mrs. Elmore's.—She was remanded till next Monday. WESTMINSTER.—Deaert IN A STATION.HOUSE.-11r. Symonds, one of the inspectors of the B division, informed the magistrate that John Wilson whose name appeared upon the chargesheet as having been found drunk and in capable of taking care of himself in Tuthill street at halt past five that morning, had died about three hours after wards in the station-house. It was found on inspecting the cells that the poor man (supposed to be a mendicant, nearly 70 years of age) was ill, and he was immediately brought out to the fire, and medical aid sent for, but he died almost immediately.—Mr. Broderip directed that the necessary notice should be Vele to the coroner. THAMES. AILING PLEDGED FROM CHILDREN.—A child, named Alexander Scott, was charged with stealing a I saucepan, the property of his father. The boy's father and mother went out on Monday night, and during their absence be took the saucepan to a pawnbroker named Crawley, at Cock-hill, Shadwell, where he pledged it for a few pence.— Crawley, the pawnbroker, being questioned, admitted that the pledge was taken in at his chop, but could not say whether it had been taken from the prisoner.—Mr.Yardley: You know you subject yourself to a heavy penalty by taking a pawn from a lad so young as the prisoner.—Crawley: The saucepan was so often at our house that there was no limit*. tion in taking it —Mr. Yardley said if anther case of the kind occurred, he should inflict the penalty : The pledge was very improperly taken. He should consign him to his father, who, he trusted, would inflict the proper degree of punishment. The pawnbroker was cautioned to be more careful in future. DESTITUTION AND CRlME.—Lottisa Boswell and C.Joncs Were Charged with stealing ail piece of hiseen from the shop of a butcher named Daniels. The male prisoner is . hemp-dresser, who, being afflicted with asthma, had been for some time out of employ; and the young woman, who has wealthy connexions in Wapping, is a servant out of plate and in great necessity : being . much attached to Jones, and loving him the more for the infirmity under which he laboured, she administered to his wants as fully as she could, and en Tuesday pawned the only article she could spare (her petticoat) to procure a haltquartem loaf, of which they had a remnant and three halfpence on Wednesday morning. She told the male prisoner that she would try to get a little bit of meat with the coppers, and he walked on. Whilst standing at the shop the bacon tempted her, and not having money enough to pay for it, she snatched it up stealthily, and passing the male prisoner hurriedly desired him to put it in his pocket, which he did. The butcher's boy saw the whole proceeding, and the prisoners were taken into cus tody.—The female prisoner, on hearing that Jones was to be committed for trial, burst into tears and threw herself into his arms. She then started up, and addressing the bench, said : " Oh, sir, 'twee I did it. He knew nothing about it. He thought I paid. He 's unhealthy. It will kill him if he goes to prison. WOOLWICH.—Tita COUNTY M --.IOISTRATES V. THE COMMISSIONERS OF Exctare—IMVORTINT CASE.—A ease of considerable interest to that large class the licensed vic tuallers, and the public generally, as involving the relative powers of the commissioners of excise and the county magistrates, came before Mr. Trail to-day for adjudication.— The facts of the case may be briefly stated as follows Mr. T. Harding, a publican, residing in Shoreditch, became, some few months' since, the tenant of the refreshment rooms attached to the terminus of the North Woolwich branch of the Eastern Counties Railway. The period for obtaining the usual license from the county magistrates having parsed by, Mr. Harding applied to the commissioners of excise, and obtained from them permission to carry on his business as a licensed victualler at these refreshment rooms, until he could obtain the necessary license from the West Kent county magistrates at the next licensing day. Upon the faith of this understanding he opened the refreshment rooms, and retailed wine, spirits, and beer to the railway passengers. A short time after he had commenced business, two publicans, Mr. Ames, of the Barge House, North Wool wich, and Mr. Elaworth, of the Bell Inn, Bell Water-gate, imagining that their returns were diminished by the open ing of the refreshment rooms, applied to the police magistrates at Woolwich for advice, end were refereed to the excise authorities. They subsequently applied to the county magistrates at Blackheath, and those functionaries expressed great displeasure at the interference of the commissioners of excise with their powers, and contended that the com missioners had no power to grant Mr. Harding permission to carry on his business without a license from them. A correspondence was opened between the complaining par- ties and the commimioners of excise and the Treasury the Fault of which waa unsatisfactory, and the county magie trates directed their constable* to take the n steps to prefer informations against Mr. Harding. Mr. Traill, the police magistrate, at first refused to grant summonses, on the ground that there was no attempt on the part of Mr. Harding to defraud the revenue, but subsequently, on the application of Mr. Child, of the firm of Wire and Cilia, so licitors to the Licensed Victuallers' Association, he allowed the summonses to issue, under the 9th George IV. it. 61, sec. 19. Nine summonses were taken out , and three having been abandoned the remaining six came before Mr. Trail to-day for adj udication . — Mr. Child, of the firm of Wire and Child, attended to support the informations, and Mr. Wid dioombe for the defendant.—The parties, however, pre vious to the case being opened, agreed that the defendant should plead guilty to the first information, and that a fine of 5/. and costa should be inflicted, the other informations to be withdrawn, and the defendant to close the refreshment Irooms forthwith.—After considerable discussion Mr. T raill consented to the adoption of this course, and the fine of 51. was paid, the other informations being withdrawn. MONEY MARKET. WEDNESDAY Evswino. Business in the stock market has been of the same description of small dealing as for some days past, and with the same predominance of sellers. In spe culation there is a sort of lull, and although the prices' of stocks are and have been gradually reeding, the fact is solely attributable to these continuous sale. of 1 small amounts, which show their origin to be with the' public, and with which, as evidence of the direction of the public mind, speculators are too wary to enter I into contest by their operations. Whilst Consols are in decline, however, the anomaly is presented of arise in Exchequer bills, which have been done to-day at 418.1 prem., and may be quoted 365. to 41s. prem. This rise in Exchequer Bills, with a falling Consol market, appears singular, and the more so as the belief has become prevalent that, if a funding do not take place to a certain extent, the rate of interest at least will be reduced on the bills falling due next month, and of course, should the general state of the money market, and of the interest of money, remain without mate rial alteration, on those which shall mature in July next. There is reason to suspect some Bank and Treasury copartnery of management in this state ofl the Exchequer bill market,with a view to favour the reduction of interest contemplated, if not also by other combinations yet to be developed or funding operation hereafter. Consols were first done at 89 for money, and n more for account. After finctaa tions downwards to the extent ofl per cent., they left off 884 to 9, both for money and time. Reduced Threes, 89 to ; Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 90 to 1. Long Anuities, 9to 1-16. India Bonds, 275. to 308. premium. Bank Stock, 200 to 2. India Stock, 241 to 3, Some rather considerable transactions were reported in Mexican to-day, upon a speculation that the ne gotiations for peace,. which private letters advise of being carried on, might issue favourably. The effect of the purchases, for the speculations were in that direction, was however limited to an advance of about per cent. The bonds were last called buyers rather at 19. Brazilian, 84 to 6. Ecuador, 3i to t. Spanish Fives, 211 to ; the Threes, 32 to ; Passive, ato Portuguese, 26 to 7. D u tch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 84 to I; the Fours, 851 to t. Belgian Four and-a-ialf per Cents., 89 to 91. A bargain was done , in French Five per Cents. at 116 f. ; Exchange, 25f. 60c. The accounts from Manchester come decidedly more favourable to-day respecting the state of the cotton I trade in that district. It must be out of the question of coarse to look for a hasty and full return of the prosperous times of years net long past. But the safest improvement, and promising the greatest per manency, is assuredly that which arrives and grows gradually. The trade is then in its legitimate con dition of representing the desirable equalisation of production and consumption. Whilst competent to fulfil all present probable demands, and adjusting its power of productiveness accordingly, it is so much the more, and the better, enabled to expand on oc casion into the larger proportions of supply which may be called for by degrees hereafter from the ex tended capacities of home and foreign markets. The lit'anchester Courier has the following summary of the great trade market yesterday in that city : There ham been • more lively feeling observable in the saarket to-day than has been the case for some weeks past, although the amount of business done has generally been Mill limited in extent. In the yarn market some large sales Bass Loco offsated for export to India, 40's and 60's male, the prices of which have been much depressed latterly, have experienced a revival, and the common qualities were held for higher rates, which have been conceded. Some inquiries were made by export houses, to Russia and Germany, but operations cannot be expected for these quarters until we bane some intelligence of the winter weather and opening of their navigation'. In the cloth market there is but little alteration. Some shirting" for the East Indies have been sold, and quiet sales are made for some other kinds, but goods are not generally in demand. The news by the steamer from America is not favourable to a continued export trade across the Atlantic, as the stringency in the money market, which continues increasing, will militate against heavy sales of our manufactured goods. KNOLIBII FUN Ds. Dank Stock, 200 2 • India Stock, 241 3 per et. lied. AZing.. E r q 9 India Bon•D, 81,000, 30 27 pm. 3perei eons. Anne., I Consols for Amt., Wi l 0194 9 New 31 Per Ct. Amu., VA 99 Each Bills. 2.1.0110, W., 16 640 11'. Lug Anna, sip. sth Jas., 1866, Ditto, £5O). 33 p. 1•16 Ditto, Small, 30 3 P. FOBRIO FUN Dd. 5 per et nmaian lids., Small. 843 13 per Spanish Bonds, Acct., 3 per Ct. Pantab Bonds, 1023 83 Feb. 15 .31 1 lor Equador Honda, 31 if Ditto, nut , . MM. 6 5 per Ct. 5f ellmn, 1044, 184 5 per et. French Rests, 116 f. Es. Ditto, Amt., len 15,16119 18119 260. 60e. 5 per Ct. Russian 8d.., 1622, Sipa Ct. Belglsnßds. Ex. 260 4 64 ter.. 199 i 21 per Ct-Dutch 151..12 Goa 5 4* 3 per et. Spanish Bonds, 320 4944 Ditto Reeds. 859 , RAILTVAY NETT'S. Oar market yesterday,though quiet, was notwithout a fair share of business. The purchases, however, were mostly in guaranteed lines. The shares : of some of the old and leading companies were heavy, and are likely so to continue until the meetings this month have taken place, and the state of accounts, and of the dividends to bo declared, shall become known. SHARE LIST.-LoNnox, FEB. 2. Ifer/-The gent/8008 of lines in Roman characters denote actual transactions; those of Wien lis /tuiscs sellers' prices. PAID. PAID. 45 Aberdeen -.., - .127 2 Lon./N.West., New.' 6 4 21,Anttrergt.Not .dalost. 24 21d. 2 Du. lirDis 41 91p. 10 Him. Ira..:* Dudkur 51 40 D 0.401. Ws., Als*B , 60 101 8irm.W01..5 S.Valley 1 01d. 74 Do.lol. sh. Alit B all 4p. 11, Birm. & Orford M5...144 e I 74 Do.lolJts.,M et B 421 4p. 5 Illusion/tam. er Biro. ;par Ip. 1 ALMA., AI eB CA 4p. 80 'Bristol and Exeter ...65 04 London a &Western. sM. 6 4; 6 2U' Do. Thirds ... ..1 4*d. 40 Do. Con'. EightinA3 125: Burkinghamehire ..4 1 5 111. 371 Do. New, WI. 3ll CO :Caledonian , Do. New, 401. - .1 , 5 31 Do. 4 shares lo* 51 Do. Cons Terahs . ...44 7 374 Chester / 110171.04 21 40 Do. du. Tenths.... 12 . Do. Prete:renal 11.24 62 Do. 77ards ._.. .. 2 .1. 751 Clarence l4lLon.,Balirb.sk Yedill 04d. 10 1 Do.lat Ci..62er CL' 3 1/innek.,Bust.,kliat. 1 10 Do.2da. &per Ct. , 21 Manch. &Suuthwall. 214 d. 26 DUbliO6:ll(tj7 . AMC. ,22124. lin Illdland .. .... ;1164 16 174 Dendaik&Lnnirkln.l 44 Do. 401. 14;41 .. e; .... 16 &An i2S4.I.3tISALtD) 121 15 Du. 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Bd. 17 Do. do . .... ..... 2 6446 Do. do. dt Norwicknind. 10 Do. do. . ... 316 Do E.rt6c.(lateCt E.l 76 Do. do. TiflPis .. 161 LI.OOIOACT & Carlisle. 51 18 finsith Wales.. ..- . .9 4 Do. Thirds. „ - - Al* 3 diYork. Done. kiGiooie 14 4 Lancashire/ Yorke.' 4 I Taw Vale 62862.16111111 SO. Do. du 80 79 4 1741 TR[Witl Haws, Dd. It 13 12. A Do. share '3 Id. 30 Wilts, Soin.,tll'Lgm.,l7 Do. shares 'l3l 1 NI Win. Sins.,, S. IV an. Do. .84 4 26 York, Now/. I Bor. 35 Do. Sixteenths par Ip. 25 Do.oelg.Newekßer 324 1 * Do. I !Brits( 1ie).41 444. 26 Do NalaLlahirehdn ho.Lirerpl.&ftegi 15 ,Du Ext. Vol YkiNse 44 64p. DolluddersteBdbei 10 DodoNo2Nweaßer LS* Do 1241PnljdrUoti , 8 DoONNPurorPreflo4 6 Do. W. B.Unlon 21 Id. 50 ' fork/NarthlLldland 79 Do.Prstosi& Wyrr,3s 36 10 Do. Preference.... 171 Do. 4 therm- . 4 34 31 p. 25 , Do./../W.R1.14.16s 364 4 Do. do B 4 4p. LoodiAnd Bredford.:964 7 I VOlUtlan RAILWATS.' Leas and Think -.211 20 Boulogne I Amiens. 134 Do. New . ._. - .11613 d. 14 Cm-of Pr.(or.a. Vessi iIL 4p. Do. Pref. ipotesi f.'2 1.1 7} , Demerara .. ...... 6 3d. Leeds Dees., Manch. 7 Dutch ' Rhenish, .., .. 5 4. Lir., Mane. de N.J. 6 'Lorrain aJa Sambre 6 d. Lie.,Crani,/ South. *d. 7 ILwatwebewrg ..... 6 London & Idlacksralls 16 ,tiannir and //pc . . fif Do. do.. - . No. 2U 044. 10 :Northern of Finns . 11 ( f id. Do. Referee/as. - 6 'Orleans it'Bordeaux 1 Lno., Brighton, fl.bo 426 13 4610wes runt . . .... .... 14 td, Do. Gov. Eighths. .11 9.1. 10 'Paris awl Lions__ 41 4ga. Do. do.G•tarb,M. ID ',Paris and Orleans . , 41 47 Do.Peefeno.W.Ct , !Paris and Rouen. - . 34 36 Do. do. 18.52 London and Grams, .1 Italica and Havre .:p 10 Do. Pro Arena ', u p o n ;6.4esst 20 49 1.24 8 Tossrsmed Ifanter .. M. D.l. 4 iliares Ls 4 Ili MP. 184 Wat randoll 14 FlCida;;;Okl;l_,lddisd. "•• - do.. 'par& .. PARIS. Ps. 1. Pee I Per atOMISA. WOW. Psalm sad Orleans Mini 186 BEi - 111 PaM sod Rouen 906 603 71 Sth 53 909 go gog Routh sad Havre. 442 61 443 16 442 go m Ti ignon a Menai as I sks see ggg 9 3 r u 3 thrasno=rale 155 611 26 611 23 gm go tg l °entre North MEETING. EDOORPRGrI, L 21114, AND GRANTOR. Halfyearly Meetifeg.—E(Vnburgh, Jan. 31.—Mr. R. D . Sandford in the chair.—The director" in their report , announced that they had little to add to the information given respecting the general circumstances of the company at the special meeting, held on the 28th of December last. In the interim, the deed of submission had been amicably adjusted and signed, and an arrangement concluded with the Edinburgh and Northern to apply to the railway eta stoners for the certificate of amalgamation, without the dolly of an appeal to the referee. The traffic on the line was not yet fully developed, but additional facilities were a..out toles afforded, and no doubt was entertained that former elitist. patinas of return would be realised. The number of pia. mangers during the past half.year amounted to 480,80 e, being an incremo over the corresponding period of last year of 286,150. The total receipts on the line were 7,572/.184.1d. The working expenses had been heavy, but with due eco nomy and attention the expenditure might be greatly ding. niched.—The Chairman, seconded by Mr. Fleury 'Deu s, moved the adoption of the report, which was agreed to, M r. Munro said that observing the capital of the company set down as 354,0001., instead of 300,000/., which sum formed the capital under the original act, he thought it consistent with the proceedings which were adopted at the special meeting simply to expects his dissent from this part of the report. The expenditure appeared to him to be double that of any other line.—Mr. Peddie remarked, that the expense of making a short line was comparatively much greater than upon a long one. The tunnel itself was a great expel's,. Besides, the same staff that was required to work the proem traffic would be sufficient were the traffic upon the line increased tenfold.—The Chairman bad made a calculation before coming to the meeting, and he thought the expenses might be reduced to 2001. a week.—Mr. Munro said that the calculation which he had made brought the expenses down to 1501.—The Chairman mentioned that the company had, within a few days, received an offer of 10,002 tool of soak from one house. Other offer, of traffic had also been to. ceived.—Mr. Munro asked when the directors would retire from the management I—The Chairman replied, that the directors would retire when the certificate of amalgamation with the Edinburgh and Northern Company was received. MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.—Srertertee or Beteran Rateware.—From a speech delivered by the Minister of Public Works of Belgium, in the Chamber of Reprebenta. tine, it appears that the cost of working and keeping up the Belgian railways, is much less than that of the French. The minister made the comparison between the state nil. ways of Belgium and the Northern of France, althee:gh the latter having only been opened a short time has not yet had to renew its rails, &c. The Belgian government works 9 lines, the Northern Railway Company, 2; the Odium, 2; Rouen and the Rhenish, only 1 each. The Belgian railways have 11 stations at the extremities of lines; the Northern Railways, 3; Orleans, 3 ; Rouen end the Rhenish Railway, 2. The Belgian railways have 29 principal stations ; the Northern Railway, 8 ; Orleans, 3 ; Rouen, 3 ; and the Rh& nigh line, 2. The Belgian railways have 66 intermediary stations: the Northern, 34 ; Orleans, 13: Rouen, 17: Rho. nish, 8. In Belgium for a movement of 3,700,000 pa, wingers and 791,000 tons of merchandise, there has beanie expense of 7,245,000 fr. On the Orleans Railway then. pease was 3,4ll,ooofr. for 1,521,000 passengers and 237,00 e tons of merchandise. On the Rouen Railway the e. genie was 3,594,000 fr. for 1,004,000 passengers and 255,000 tons of merchandias. The inspectors appointed by the Minister of Public Works have just gone over the portion of the line of the Marterese to Troyes Railroad, between Herme" and Troyes, a distance of 17 leagues, and have declared that it is in a fit and safe state to be opened to the public. FRENCII RAILWAY TRAIVIC, for the weeks ending is. • spectively Jan. 21 to Jan. 26: Miles Correeemeling Worked. week, 1047. Paris to Rotten Rouen to Harr' Paris to Orleans B2B ... 6,966 ... 6,311 , Centre (Pierson) Orleans to Bordeaux (ass. 1) Jf ... 2,632 ... 2,369 Northern & m i en s to Boulogne (see. 28 ... 998 COMMERCIAL AND lIIARKETS. PRODUCR.—MINCINO-LANE, Fret. 2. —The sugar mar ket appears to gain strength daily, 520 hhds. West India sold at the extreme prices paid yesterday, to a shade advance; and there have been anxious buyers of Mauritius and foreign (particularly the latter), by private contract to-day, is the absence of public sales. Refined standard quality is now quoted 5.55. 6d. to 565. which is a slight advance.—Coffee: The public sales of 600 bags plantation Ceylon, and 1,000 bags Costa Rica went off freely at full prices, and !cession ! ally Is. advance was paid.—Rice remains dull, 700 bags Madras offered and bought in Us. 61 to 10s.—Cotton : advance of one-eighth his been paid, and the article wean an upward appearance ; 2,200 bales sold.—Tallow, in large demand, and Is. advance has been paid, 48s. 6d. to 48s. 9d. —Tea 9,000 packages paned auction in the public sales, of which 3,000 were sold ; green sold at fully previous rates, but black with difficulty supported them.—Sapan wood sold 131. 2.1. 64. to 131. 10s. ; Rattans sold 4s. 4d. to 4s. 10d.; Gambier sold 9s. to 9s. W.; Cowries sold 36a. CA. to 70s.— Hemp : stock on land, in London, 3,456 tons ; list year, at the same period, it wu 1,190 tons • flax, 1,540 tons; last year, 997 tons.—lndigo ; The quarterly sales, which com mence on Tuesday Bth, will amount to 10,000 chests. Duty paid on Sugar to last week, in London, Liverpool, cal. Bristol, Hull, and the Clyde To the same period last year Demme .............. 32,n33 DUTIES PAID OX TG IN 1897 TO LLIT wm. lbs. London —.— 2,209,990 Liverpool — ...... .......... 373,10 13ristol — ....., 51,079 Hull Clyde „ .123,772 Total Same time la 11H7, 2,619,361 Increase COTTON.—LITIIIPOOL, FEB. 2.—The market today wag rather excited ; American cotton was advanced id. in price. Surats arc a shade dearer. Spinners have operated pretty freely. 9,000 bales have been sold, including 1,000 taken by speculators. COALS, FIB. 2.—Ship, 112 ; sold, 21. SIVICARLIL d. row Totheld Atkin. Mato l6 6 Taaliold M00r.......... Cho.4er Maio 1T 4 SONDZIL•3O. DimonTauficid . 14 6 Was Ead Haswell 2 I I SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.—MAILS. All. 1:113.4171. are. All. Der. All. DOl. 3 Dublin . 0 0 Hard OO ladla.w.South- 0 Sydaey,N 4 W 0 2 Waterford u 1 Mambas 0 stomas e 1 alivco and 1 Donglailas. 1 I Prawn 01 Inagiuseliles 0 Hann-. 0 1 Guen./Jen. 0 0 liabon.. Fels SO Boston and I We 410.0.1 0 Eleanore.... Co Medea ran u Halifax Fc1..13 it Brazil.. Feb 24 GIIAVESOM 11n. 2.—Arrised err E. Banks, Ostend. —bayed; Nautilus, Oriental Queen, Mauritius; Callao, Welce; Elora, Noe Zealand; Triton, Ostend; Rainbow, Schieveling ; Helena, , IVTA Leone ; Emma Eugenia, St. Paula de Lonna°, Richard Cobden, Coo , stantinople ; Sir Charles Napier, New Orleans. List/root, Fra. 2.—Arrised : John Brooks, Rio de la Halle; Yin Wooda,lValparabso; Mary Stewart, Palermo; London Packet, St Michael's ; Clemanthe, Smyrna . Betacy, Gibraltar ; Orplus, G. Enna, New Orleans; Wore, ' Calcutta; Aurora, Madras; lgo• Lisboa; Ladyll the Lake, Emma, Mawr; Jane, Monte Mien — Off : John Mathis, 'Janata; Senator, New Orleans; Elm Keith, Asia; Prince Henry, New York.—SaUed Yorkdilm, New York. BIRTHS. CAMPBELL—Jan. 27, at ItildallAg, AO) teebire, the wife of a.: J. I:. Lampbeil, of Anclaniceek, Bart , of fl .on. CARNE.-7Jan. 2g, at Traillan. Otvuorgaiohlre. the wife of J. Yrs Y. Caroe. taw, D.C.L., of a &gi g -flier. CRAMPTON .—Jan. 31, the wife of J. 11. Crampton. EA.. of Haiti' Kuala, of a daughter. DAV 10.—Jan. 30.1 n St Helerit. plaoe. the wife of B. Davie, of a at, at Utu iScatlCIT-bOUM, 116. Pa ul wit. Roe. W. J. Hall, of a daWittar. HMNDEItSO.N.—Jan. at Otwow. Din. Andrew Haideraoa 01 K MPter. —Jsra 31, at Montagu-terrace, Higher Broughton, Mr, Mena of • Son. 2i YBEN.—Jan. 31, at SLustford. Haar. the wife of J. W. !igen, FA. . of a.. OLo m.—Jaa. 23, at lacatbdeld, Gandsworth, the wifeof J. Vlilion. Esq., of aeon. ROBARTS.—Jan. 30, at Clapham-common, the wife of F. Roinre, Eia.. of a con. who oarvived but a few hours. 13TEVEN.--Jan. 30, at Belleview-place. Olaagow, Um A. Strvea. d a 50n. MARRIAGES. BARTON—MBRIUTT.—Jon. 2S, at St. Weeminstcr, 3- E. Barton, E.q., of Klddenulnder, w Ml.. S. Merritt,of Loeko. BLACK—MITCHELL—Jan 31, 11 olm at Glaggow, by the Ito. Mr. W. Black, to R youngoot daughter of the !ate Mr. W. Mitchell CROVITHER—OAKES.—Jan. lb at Manchader, by the Rcv. C Itith-on, M.A., Mr. E. Crowther, of Clicethanb to Mb, )Sari vaeo. of oreaohor. CLARK E—MUCATTA.—Fch. 1, at Liverpool. by the Re , " 4 the Rev. B. S. Cla r ke. Incumbent of non.° it ale), Y F. •riirldr , to Slrah, eldest daughter of E. Mocatta, tivg., Convul of the loader at Liverpool. COX—LOCKS—Jan. 27 et Mancheeter, Mr. J. P. Cox, :nig-I:oh Ant, daughter of Mr . J. B. Locke. uf Walmergeorace, Ifigher FRASER—KIRK.—Ja. 17. of Gla-Jow, Mr. T. Fraver, to Jane, diel daughter of O. Kirk, hart., war Carilale. IILVING—ARMSTRONG.—Veh. 1. at St. Church, 1.1.70 111, by the Rev. A. M'Cookey, Janie, titockdale, e lde o t .00 of J. inlre. 1,1,0 t Wacortreo, to Sarah Brown, of Millband. Weal DUr b i• .14 daughter of U. Am:wrong, Vey, Preston. DEATiIe. ANGCS.—Jan. 31. at Illackhou-e, near Ayr, W. Angu., LLD. BA YLY.—Jatt. 31 at I.llaogovr, J. T. flatly, l aq., captain uozilactiwi tato of 11.M.'a %lb Rest. BEVERLEY.—Jan. 31, at the family utanilon in Portman.Aulte , the Crandovi of Beverley. BUYD—Jan. V, T. Boy-, Eel., at Moira -place, Blackheath - rod BRIDGES. — Jan. at G Mr. A. Vet GELLATLY.—Jan. 31, at zave u v'n- A . li ß enl, J. (lastly, Di-. R-R , and f. GlilLVE.—Jan. 211, at Pinmore, Ayrcohire, Lkut. W. Grieve, of ILK.- Royal Regt. of Ambit., Militia GU AZZARON I. 1, at litni--ington, Sarah, the wife of J. GUM- Tall. Jet., aged 60. ave. Colerniee. Fanny. the wife el .1 ARV 1 e.—Feb. 1, at his. rcedonee, Cambridge-terrace, R. Jarrp. aged 75. MACLEAN.—Jan. 31, Lieut.-Gen. Mr J. MaClO2ll, R.C.8., colencl at ifie 27th Keg. ODD V.—Jan. 31, at Blackheath, 31arcaret. widow of the ;me J. J . GadY LA., of St. Janie, ..tuam, boot Darnall. rord.hife. PEDDER.—Jan. 30, at ti nant*.on, r. 11. Puddles'. Rego fooill - trate " die county of Roam. aged 54. PEARSON.—Jaa. V. at iguovirerovient. Glaagow, W. Name, 114 SCARD.—Jan. 30, at. Kew, Anne, wife of E. Saud, , 13PENS.---lan. 31 at Hanover-terrace, Notting-IAL Mr , C. SpesPi. Manor Howie, Inning-li. near Edinburgh, widow of Lieut .-Cu sh a. smitte ran. E.q. TOMRINSON,—Jan. V, at Bootle, war LI. i..;;;;r Mrs. Tomkiaen. pellet of the late R. Tornkincon. Feet_ leortriorlcii. serf 74. P ru .d r tolieard w ILL I et hll , Inerc• •, 3, 111% , ‘z/z S o It.. x. .Jo pie% Tr le 4 rain :ow - 1 WI W.t mt. got Ito •C IA 1111, Ira