The Express. — London, England, 1864-03-03 00:00:00

SPORTING INIsnLIGEYOR. NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETUiG. WEDNESDAY. Tun Format Puts, of 50 cora for all sew Winnows 'atm T.Y.O. Sta fallen& Due de Meeny's Partisan. by Isainesint—Partlet, !S yn fit 46 (A. Watkins) I Mr. 0. Aniselrs Sailor, It Du, Mr. UAW. Clairvoyant*. S yes, Id (J. Ortmahavi) S The following also ran .—Nyt*, Deka, Make, Idle Girl. Ration• 7 to 4 apt PartiteuaP to 2 apt Clairvoyaate, and 6to 1 each apt Neophyte Ad Zsloo. Tar JUVENILE SELLING STALLS of 5 sore, each, with 30 added, for 2.yr-olds, half • wile, did sot fill. A SELLING Sfaats for all ales, with 30 added Half a =Be. O. Egerton's Mother Buncha by theCarts—(l3lsn Horne, J yrs (401.), est lib French) I An. W. Gages Flower Safety, 4 yrs . wt 4lb (W. Hobson) 2 Lord Stamford's Britanala, 2yn (4011, 64 41b iJ. Hrimshow) Vickaburg also ran. Betting sto 4 apt *dim Bunch, 7to 4 apt Flower East'', 3 to 1 apt Vicksburg, arid 6 to 1 agt Britannia. The whims was bought I. for 155 gamer. Tin LIMA JOHN likangai d 5 soya. each, with 30 added ; :or 2-yr.okla ; colts. gat 101 b, dllir. Bet 61b ; winners 511) extra. Half mile straight. Mr. Hodgman's Vision, by Windhoand —De Otake's dam, Bat 1I lb (Mc. Mb cam) 1 Perry) 1 Mr. Utiles IA Inchoate, rat CO ((Sialloner) 2 Mr. Samuel's Blackbird, Sat bib ildwards) 3 The following alas ran:—(scold. amiluttai Priam= Ammar, 71H, Lricht, Lady :Sefton, and Chatham. Betting : 2to 1 apt Blackbird, sto 2 apt Vision, 4 to 1 apt La Meehante, 8 to 1 apt Lady Sefton, and 100 to 8 apt any other. Tea WELT= CCP d 40 NOM, in specie, for disking hasten ; 12st each, with certain allowamoss. Oar round, about a mile sad a quarter. Mr. Clay's DIUILOCLII. by Tadrour —Matilda, 6 yrs, notillh !Yr. T. Price; I Slr. J. Houghton's Bentley, 4 yrs, lb; hint. bib attest (W. Johnson) 2 Mr. W. Nichol's Wilfred, aged, lint Sib (car. list ISIto (Captain Lumley) I The following alio ran :—Boatia, Wild Haas, Football, Gotb, and Miss Clifton. Betting : 5 to 4 on Ammons, 4 to 1 each apt Wilfred and Mime Clifton. _ _ _ Tax GMAT at - anat. Humus Rana of 5 sera sub, with 50 aided ; winners eaten. Two alike and a half. over eight dig ht.' of hurdles. Mr. Wallaoe's Lincoln, by Belshazaar —Jordan, aged. list IA Knott) 1 Mr. Lincoln's David Ann, 6 yrs, gat 41k '0 Stevens) 2 Mr. llodgman's Voothsayer, aged. 94 elk .;W. WhlteJ 3 West Itod was scratched at one o'clock on the (Ilya running. Betting : Even on David Ana, 2 to 1 apt Sootbrayer, sod 5 to 2 apt Lincoln. TILE HUNT Cue of 50 son. for local bunters; certain pe• nation two miles and a half over eighthurdles. Mr. Parkinson's Kiss me-qulck, 6 yrs, 1246 7113 (M.r Ananwood; 1 Mr. S. H. Inalth's Gipsy Jana, 13st ..... Mr. Coleman) 2 Mr. Palconbridges Florence, 5 yrs. 12A711/ Mr. Watvon) The following also ran :—.3inglepeeper lanner's Dauglatar, Utile Captain's Dahl, A la. llorpin, and Wild Derv. Betting: 6to 4 on Miss Mops, and 4 to 1 each apt Rias•ine•quick and Little Capicua's Maid. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 8 to 1 apt Bantam (t) Bto 1 Emblematic (t) 10 to 1 Woo Noll It heals) 10 to 1 Jeruaalwa (t and off) 100 to 8 Portland (t sod off) 25 to 1 &akin Fluid (off) 40 to 1 Inlay () 1000 to 20 Roads t (t) 50 to 1 Brian 1 (t) CHESTER CUP. 1000 to 50 apt Anilald (t) BETTING AT MA NCHESTER.—WraNzsDAY. LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE. 13 to 2 apt Es.bionsatie (t) $ to 1 Bautam (t) 10 to 1 Woe Noll (t) 10 to 1 Portland (of) 16 to 1 Ootsa Witch (t freely) 100 to 6 Jerusalem (t) 33 to 1 Saakisig Food (t sad oft) RAILWAY AND PUBLIC COMPANIES IN PARLIAMENT. Yesterday two' new committees commenced their sittings, in addition to those that have already commenced their laborus. The fi rst, consisting of Mr. Woodd (chair men), Lord Burleigh„ and Moran Hamar, Aytono, sod Pander, met to consider the merits of the following bills for railway ealleesioo aod communication in the county of Sussex :—vin., Chizbeeber and Miclborst (No. I), Chiramiter sad Mahout (No. 2), ditto (No. 3) Bills ; Loo don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (Kemp Town station and lines); ditto (Ouse Valley line); ditto (staamboats); ditto (Tun bridge Wells and Eastbourne lies); Mayfield Railway. Pal borough, Storringtoo, and &vain Railway ; Re igate and Loudon (West-cod Junction), South Raster& (No. 2), Surrey and Susses Junction, West Grinistead, Cock field, and Hayward's Heath, and West Sussex Jamaica. The agents for the Chichester and Midharst (No. 2) Bill informed the committee that it was withdrawn • and the bill for the West Grimatoad, Cock field, sad Haywa rd'. Heath Railway being unopposed, was referred to the chairman of ways sad maim Ihe copulation the. proceeded with the bill of the London, Briyhton, and South Coast (Owe Valley line), thisebject being to makes line of I mile 36 chains from flu company's Brighton and Lewes line to that point, and a junction branch rn the pariah of Prestos, betwessi the company's main lino and the Brighton sad Lewes ; to raise 75,0904, and borrow 25,0001. Mr. Hawkins, traffic manager of the Brightoo Railway, and Mr. Wood, engineer, were ex amined in favour of the bill, and other witnesses, to show the exteat of local traffic, and the committee adjourned. The wood committee, formed of Mr. Soonrfield, chairman, Sir W. Scott, and Messrs. Bathurst, Jollffe, and Smith, had darted to them the following projects for Buckingham shire and the Midland Counties-viz., Bedford and Cam bridge Hallway. Blaebby and Banbury, Chipping Norton sod Banbury. East and West Junction, Marketilarboroogh, and Melton Mowbray ; Midland Railway (Chute/Meld to Sheffield), Midland Railway (new hue), Shadiskl Cheaterheld. and Staffordshire ; Aylesbury and Bucking. ham, Healy-ice-Arden, North and South Junction Rickmansworth, Amer.ham, and Chubs m ; Walliogford and Waitangi.° ; Market Ifarbeeoligh and East Norton; and Newark and Mansfield. An eosomittee took for hear ing the bill for the Blockley sod Banbury Railway, which it is proposed to incorporate with • capital of T. 10,0001. for 19 miles of railway from a joactios with the Ottord and Worcestershire line of the Great Western at it, 3locklity station to a joactiom with the Barbary extensioa of the Backs Railway. Lord Canuerdown, Mr. Rdwards (Mayor of Banbury), and other whoa's were examined by Mr. Dalian), 4.C., and Mr. Rodwell in favour of the lies. In the; o;turuittee oe the rival hoes to Alexa;&..p•rk, Mr. Bidder, C.E., Mr. Sideman, and Mr. Robertson were examined by Mr. Ilerewrither, Q C., and after deliberation, the committee decided on peeing the Edgware, Highgate, sod Loodoo (Alexandra•park) Bill, and rejected that of the Tottenham and Hampetead. The case of the Watford and Edgware Junction for a six-tude line and junction spur from • doable jiroctioo at Watford with the Watford and Rickniariewortia to Edgware wee enblegneutly opened. and 'video°. adduced. Mr. Akroyd (chairman of the Leeds and Bradford Embrey) woo the principal witoess exantioed by Messrs. Harcourt aed Veoablea is favour of the sixialgs• roatioo with the Great Ncethers. Tue presnibla of The . -tirite; and Stalybridri Corpora tion Waterworks Hal was declared proved, sod the clauses adjourned to Friday. OXI , ORD STREET kND CRT RaLWAT.—Yetterday, before the examiners oe stsualing orders, is was announced that the bill for this railway was withdrawn. hiLICT ComMIITEt ON STANDI3G OIDEPAL—The select committee have declared that the etandieg orders mar be dispensed with is the following eases :—SbeffSeld, Chester field, and Staffordshire Railway (for dispeusing withstaodiag order 118 in the case of Earl Fitzsrilliani); Sesrborough, Whitby, and Startles Railway (provided amended plane and sections be deposited, and notices served on persons affected by the deviation of the line) ; Swansea sod Oyster. mouth Railway (oe deposit of new plans and sections) ; Healey-in-Arden Railway. The committee declared that the standing orders should not be demised with is the cue of the °weary, Ellesmere, and Whitchorch Railway ; Sonoingdala York Towo, and Aldershot Railway ; sod Great Northers (No. l), Lincoln to Bourn, for deposing with standing order 118, for leave for llsaquis of Bute to be beard es his petition. COLLEC'T'ION OF TAILS AMENDMENT BILL—At a meeting of the Commissioners of Land Tax acting for the Yarylebons division on Tuesday, Mr. Jolla Thomae Neale in the chair, it was moved by Mr. James flutchooa, and wooded by Mr. Stephen Grange, and carried unanimonaly —That in reference to the bill new before the Rouse of Common, introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to alter sad amend the laws relating to the collection of the land, awned, and income taxes, this Board of Commis sioners of Land Tax acting for the division of Idarylebose are of opinion that the said bill is objectionable in several particulars, and especially that this and other Boards of Commissioners acting for important and populous divisioos or districts ought to have a separate option of dialect from the application of the proposed act, and that ao amendment or proviso ought to be introduced tato the bill to effect that object. The board ►re n! opieion that the subjoined proviso added to cl►use 2 of the bill would be effective, and they request that the members for the county and borough will be pleased to take charge of the proviso as suggested, and move ■od support the same io the oom- Mittse on the bill :—"Provided nevertheless that say Board or Boards of Commisstosers of Land Tax acting in any district or districts which shall comprise any borough or part of a borough retornieg a member or members to parliament. or any town corporate, parish or place, having at tits last Ce 01.1.1. it population of (say) 20,000 iehabileats at the least, mar and shall for the purpose of exercising the option intended as to the application of this act ha entitled sod rep Med as if the said commiwiiimen attics in the said district or districts had been separately appointed with ex clusive jurisdiction." flonxinsn's Tns in choice and strong, moderato to peke sad oholoomo to ose. They &dowdy/belays sesored g,,,,id.i......,,,n0 preforrues. 11.11 saki la perils lc lON Mole.'(Adverbsmisti Mr 44 kAßNitil A tfnAdlbligtv " Etat EQUITY COITRTS.—MAscii 2. (Baton VieAltracellor tiesert.) THOSJITOW V. as 3 wll UAM BANADOIL ' The riarilhenealke Ude iodisated to Mr. Mallet that be ahead net e U upon bl foie te lot in this case, the facts at which were fully these columns on the 2Mb of last meth. eh of the suit it will be rerannisead was to otitis • d«Lntiea of the court that the plaintiff was entitled to • lien tram the defendant et certain now held by the plain tiff at Paddock, sees under • speedos of beim alleged by hiss to be that of "WW2% right," and l'Elito which if it is also is ar t etanded that It grill t m t go o Llemses, ts. are pima Kr. Malice, Mr . Danish, respective a Q.O , and Mr. Fielding Balder, appeared tor the plabitit; and * the Attereey-Gene mi, Mr. Bain, Q.C., end Mr. Chapman Barber, for t h e defendant. The fuse sill steads over for judgment. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. Mimics I. (Blots tie Judie Ordiasay.) VIIS.NZLEV V. FIZ I JT AND .NATL9/L Sir J. Wilde, in samuuig up , szdtialiit7 nit was a very remarkable one. There could be no doubt that the respondent was a very ill.ocoditioned woman ; though the ease of her violence was perfecUy inscrutable, so far es the evidence threw any light upon the matter. After the separaike the petitither allowed her 201. a year. That no doubt seemed a very =all sum ; but the court had no information respecting his income. Every one knew that 1 there was no clam of her Majesty's subjects whale ladariTl and intelligence were so alimeasly monomial an goer nil medical praetitioesra in small country towns. All that = s ew of Mr. Fereraley's affairs was, that he had six to support ; and in the thence of other information they were unable to judge how far 20/. a year was a shabby or unworthy allowance. With regard to the adultery, the learned judge pointed out that all the witnesses seemed to be—perhaps not %Pasta rally—usder the influence, more or leas, of prejudice against the respondent ; but be cautioned the jury not to give way to any impressions that they might have received from what they had heard respecting her treatment of her husband. They must remember that it was their duty to ' do justice irrespective of their faller. Si J. Wilde then wait with great nuanteosis through the evidence, and con. eluded by kaviog the amuse of adultery to the jury. The jury, after deliberanw for an hour and a Tarter, found that the respondent bedlam guilty of greet levity of conduct, but that there was not suMinent evidence en which to markt her of adultery. A verdict for the respondents wie therefore entered. WIFE O. /HRH AND RICHARDS.- WAVY DLFAOIII. Mr. Rasher, and Mr. Sear appeared. for the petitioner, a hushed seeking a divorce on sccosint of his wife's adultery with the co-respondent, and claiming 10,000 f. from his. Neither Of the respondents appeared, and a special jury was sworn to asses the damages. From the =miss dellement of Mr. Kerslake, who described the case as one of the most heart less and cruel that had ever been brought before the court, it appeared that on the 16th of December, 1831, Mr. Charles Smith, a gentleman at Scarborough, monad Yin Charlotte Lost.. Maine, at Seam, neer Hell. They had no family, bat until quit* recently they lived together as the rood happy term. A few years ago °waist Arthur Oswald Richards, of the 9th Foot, a sofa of an Irish judge came to Scarborough, and made the aquaidenas of 'the petitioeer. A very close intimacy sprung up between there, sad Captain Richards had even been a guest at Mr. Smith'. house for some weeks at a time. In 1863 Mrs. Smith wee seat for to Clifton to stay with law sister, whose little boy was dangerously ill. She remained with her till her child died, and then she aooom ponied her to H eston -super-Mare, from which place she led suddenly eloped with Oaptaie Richards, and bad gone with him to Zaste. The following ',ideas was thee given : Lieutenant Cayley, R.N.—I am acids to the petitioner. I live at Scarborough. I remember the manage of the petitioner. He has resided at Scarborough ever MOO. and I have been in the constant habit of visiting his wife and him. They lived on the most affectionate terms. Richards came to Scarborough, with a delachnient al jtit 9th, in the autumn of 1857. He visited Mr. and Mn. flattli. Hr. Smith was not at that time is any profession, but be his duos been appointed high bailiff in one of the district court was on most friendly terms with Captain Richards who frequently west with hia shooting. la 1858 Captain Richards west with hie regemeat to the lonian Wands. I saw him again in 1861, when he woe to Sear beroegh es leave ot 4seeei. lie was a gnat at Mr. Smiths' home. He oast use to Scarborough m 1863, bat I was sot then at that time. Mr. bluTric;:Flopkia;o;, of Bortoo-tall, noir York, sad Mr. Ciloorgo Wagon, of Oats Holmaloy, asst York, gm similar (widows. asffieffsupolowielinhhe ' M it , ff on the ton w.ter, oe the Seth acOMelleg last. By qie negligence of their duty as sepsis and leek. out a calms had 000arred, and the Menses boat was' run doors and cut to , mid the man drowsed. Mr. Bre Gondasted the prosecution ; and Mr. Poirlden on behalf of the accused. appeared Ben slated the serious details of the case, and bore them out by evidence, to the following effect :—The pri soner Sommers was captain and Wooloott a sailor on board the Lady of the lake, running between Southampton and Mena, ea the 24th October last. There were two other seaman on board, Salter and Einpicoill, the mate, whom duties were on deck, and there was a fireman and a steward as duty below. Os the 24th October the vessel alerted from Southampton at • quarter before nine in the morning, end had proceeded about five miles on it. way to Cowes when an moldiest occurred off Fewlercreeir, which there and then resulted in the death of Joha Fielder, a fisher • man. The Lady of the Lake was a vessel of no very inconsiderable tonnage, and Mere were many ogees aad • large amount of luegage or at the time, sod alai • great number of sheep, and the afterdeck hangar people and ? egaae on it ; the mass at the wheel would therefore and it ' tto see what was in front of the ship's course. la the =modiste frost of the I wheel there was • raised building, an after-deck, and five fest high ; when this was unencumbered with luggage the mate could look over it, but when luggage was piled cia the top of it he could not see at all, and had to depend upon what directions he received from the captain, shading os the bridge between the packUrboxes, and who was Mere capable of commanding • full clear view in all dire:Mous, and so steering the vessel, or he might be guided by • look-out nom, who was so placed as to perceive all obstacles that they might meet with. On the morning in question, however, the proper precautions ap. peered not to have been taken, the lookout sot being in his proper position. When the vessel had gone about five miles the captain had left the bridge and gone down the ladder to the deck. The seaman Salter had been the " look-out "up to that time, and could see sod be smile seem by the mate at the wheel. Salter then went dowe to pt hie breakfain, asking Wooledt to take his plan; but Wooloott a en. pged io amerce the loos" end while so engaged be got down also upon the deck. At this moment there was con sequently no captain os the bridge, and no look-out in the proper place, so that the mate at the wheel had no one to direct his m ovement. in steering the vessel, and to means of knowing what obstacles there might be in it. course. The prisoner Woolcott, instead of being in his proper place on the port side, was sliewhete, and on the accident occurring be ran to the mate erring out for him to " sterilised," but it wee toe late, the peddle-box of the steamer had cut away 1 the stern of a fishing-boat, which went to pieces, and the I poor men in it (the deceased) was left struggling in the water. Some delay then occurred in the throwing out of lifrbuoys, and the deceased went down and was drowned, end hie body was not recovered until the 27th November, when it was found by some coest-goialemse. The question for the jury was, did the deceased come to his death by the culpable negligence of the captain or that of the look-out, or that of both combined? The extent of the captain's duty was to coke are that the men was cos. neatly at the wheel, and had nothing to obstruct his view, so as to avert a collides. It wee right also that the men at the wheel should be informed from time to time if anything was in front of the vesseL The evidence would show that this duty was not carried out. The afterdeck was covered with Image, so that the mate could not see in trout of the bows, and therefore it was the duty of the eaptein, by being oe the bridge, to direct the man at the wheel, and post a look-out to do so also. Neither of them duties were performed on this morning, and the culpable negligence of the two prisoners in not performing them was the offence rendering them guilty of manslaughter, sup pasha; the death of the decried was caused through that negligence. Wooloott had been committed for trial be the magistratesef ter the inquest on the body of deceased. Salter having left his position, Wooloott did not take to his place, and the captain wee at fault for not detecting the neglect of Wootton. and therefore one or both were aaswerable for the fatal result. _ _ _ _ Kipp=ll, the mate, deposed, that in order to avoid the ■un beaming in his eyes he altered the course of the vessel a quarter of a point without orders, sod this was about three minutes before the modest. II be had seen the signal of Wooloott after the bows of the ship had passed the boat, he could have prevented the ac cident. On the representation of Mr. Pouldsn, the judge directed the have of Woo/cott. as it was difficult to see how he could have been coalman( him duty ; sod had the mate attended to the signal made, the moult might have been pre. mated. Poolden argued the innocence of the captain also, in whose absence from the deck the other party beam' co mpactible. The blame be attributed to the mate, is not attending to the signals of Wooloatt, but talking to the pas "Tolott was called into the box, and deposed to giving a signal to the mate, who was talking, and did sot see him. There was time to cheap the conies if the mate bad been looking towards him when be made the signal to " poet" Evidence was then called to prove that the captains of these Meatuses generally left the responsibility to the mkt in oommaad, after leaving a port and clearing the shipping. The man at the wheel was then to obey the signals of the look out. Chitoo—l am wife of Mr. John Henry Clifton, • solicitor at Clifton, and lam sister of the respondent. I was present at the marriage, and 1 was in the habit of visiting or being visited by Mr. and Mn. Smith every year. They were always on very good terms. la 1813 , my sister mme to me at Clif toe. She came at my wish is comequeoce of the illness of mr child. She afterwards went with me to Widen-raper-Mare. That was at the end of July. I was newel! a part of the time I was there, and she was out • good deal by herself. After some time, Mies Smith, a friend of mine. made a statement to me, is consequence of which I mks to my sister. i told her I bed heard that she bad bed seen walking with a midland, and I wished to know who it was. She said it was Casten Richards, a great friend of her husband. I afterwards eaw Captain Richards several times. She in traduced him to me, bet I sever spoke to him. He stand at Weston for some time. On the 16th of September Mrs. Smith went out, stating that she was going to the post oats, and that she should return directly. She did not come back at all. After some time lad elapsed I made inquiries at the railway nation. The same evening I re ceived a telegram. and • commtiniestiee was made to Ur. Smith at Scarborough. The letters put in ere I. the rearuld e ent's handwriting. were read. They were written at intervals of a very few days down to the 12th of September ; and they were couched in terms of the uuteet possible *duties. Towards the sod of the eerrespoodence Mr. Smith appeared to have grows dissatisfied at her bog absence ; and in her last letter she expressed her satiety to be boa's again. al leged the pressure of her sister as an excuse for her staying so long, and signed himself, " Believe me to be, detrain Charley ever your fond little wife, Charlotte." Mr. indent* Moojea-1 am the petitiower's solicitor. Oa the 17th of Septets bar, 1863, I received a oommunitatioa from Mr. Smith, and lat coos filed the petition. I after wards went to No. 23, Northumberland-street, Strand, for the purpose of serving thentetioa on the responded'. I seat in my cud and followed the servant into a room where ' I found lira Smith and a ginetleman, who said that be was Captain Richards. Mrs. Smith said, "Thu is Mr. Moojea, Charles's whaler.* I then erred them both, and I she told Mrs. Smith that I had • letter from her husband for her. She replied that she did not wish to sue it. 1 mid that in that case I had beam read it to her, which I did. It wasaa follows : " 6, Southampton-street, Bloomsbury, Tuesday. " God only knows with what feelings I address you, and what I have suffered during the pest few days, in making search for you; but I out still doubt if all my softness have been equal to your* ; for I cannot believe I have been so deceived is you, as not to think that remorse of eon seisms* most well-aigh have killed you. lam Dot writing this to upbraid you. lam still your husband, and by all the power that same gives me, I must rescue you from the wicked, adulterous life you are leading. It is eotirrly far your own sake that I will act. What is your present mo wn I Nothing but a life of sia and wretchedness, and in sit probability, of destitutioe ; for the married moo, who lin partaken of our hospitality and friendship, is villain enough to cast you off with as little care as be has bees wretch enough to sedum you from yoat busload sad !Asada I well not upbraid you. nor you be upbraided by say owe. bat I will provide you with • home where you may repent of the put, and which home shall be aw a y . from those you knew. This, of course, is, if you at once give up this sad life. You shall be as free as the law of England as make you. If you make the repent you shall sever see me again ; only I beseech you, of your own will, for the sake of your own soul, for the make of your sister and her chi, for the sake of my mother, sod, lastly, to save yourself from further disgrace, wiokedoese, and, I may say, certain destitution, I implore of you to give up this adultery. How you on, ever bare faller God only knows, and with a man, too, for whom you have no more love them you can have respect. Nor can he have any for you, though you may for the time think otherwise.' When I bad read that letter to her I placed it in her hands. She leashed at it and threw it into the fire. Captain Richards said th.at he wu going is a day or two to joie his regiment at Zante ; and that his firet ides had been to go there stnisht from Weston, without making any stay is Loadoo. The ser►aot et the lodging-house having proved the co habitation of the respondent. se man sod wife, Sir J. Wilde briefly summed up the came, sod Tbe jury amused the damage at 3,0061. Decree obi with costa. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCIIIT.- 7 11mroaD, Kamm 2. The oomedesios of maize for the coasty of Herta was opened here today. Although there was a winter gaol delivery there are • ootiaiderable number of priermers—over tweety—but the greater portion of the cases are of en un important chancier. The meet swims is one V which • prisoner is charged with robbing a Winer who wu killed while driving home from market, in the neighbourhood of /litchis, the mu having origio•lly assumed the form of one of wilful louder. Thu evil Weiser is expected to be light. WESTERN ClRCUlT.—Wmatzents, MARCH 2. (Baca, Baron Brwwdl) RUNNING DOWN CASE ON SOUTHAMPTON w•res. -CHAIM OF IFANSLACONTrIL Henry Se meters, a respectable leek* mariner, about I% tra of age, the captaio of the Lady of the lake, owe( the Meal Wight itteses racket Compaay's vase* sod (home Weeks% 26, ow it She srew al the mum* mesa, were is- After • few observations from the prosecutiog counsel, the judge summed up with great minuteuers, sad left it to the jury to my how far the captain was reapoesible for the soca dela ; if he wee respomible for the accident he was guilty of manslaughter. The jury, in • few minutes, returned • verdict of Not Guilty. NORFOLK CIRCUIT. —OA[HAM., MARCU 2. (Before Yr. Judith's Crompeos.) Thomas Walton was chased with shooting Ass Webster with istest to kill her. Mr. Perkins appeared for the prowl:Aloe ; Mr. Metcalfe for the prisoner. This was a very extraordinary case from the fact that the injured woman was quite unacquainted with the prisoner, sod there appeared to be an utter absence of motive for the . . oonitniasion'a such a serious crime as that with which the prisoner wee charged. It appeared from the statement of the learned counsel for the prosecution that Mrs. Webster, the prosecutriz, was, between five and half•peat on the evening of the llith of December, sitting in her house at Great Geaterton. She bad just lighted a candle, when she wag shot about the head and face, and heard the report of the gun close to the house. She immediately raa out and screamed. Two labourers who were working Dear the house heard the report of the gun and the screams, and shortly afterwards saw the prisoner coming along the road towards them and away from the house. Thinking something was wrong they stopped him, and said he must come with them, and all walked on together towards Mrs. Webster's booze. One of the labourers having seas the prisoner throw something on to a hedge, they searched and found a gun which bad been recently discharged, and which the prisoner denied any knowledge of. On his way to the home the prisoner asked to go into the field for a certain purpose, which he was allowed to do, and at the place where he went a powder flask was afterwards found. It being discovered that the woman was very much injured, the prisoner was given into custody. The proseentrix, in the °owes of her examination, Mated that she knew wt►ing of the primmer, and had only seen him once, whin she did not spook to him, and that she had never bed any quarrel with him or soy of his friends. Yr. Webster also Mated that he 'mew nothing of the prisoner, but he had since ascertained that he resided at Stamford. The wittiness, having spoken to the above facto, shoat which there seemed to be no dispute, Mr. Metcalfe, in defence of the prisoner, contended that the gun went off by accident. He admitted that the pri- soner was the pence who fired the gun. but denied that he did it with any felonious intent, and mid it was perfectly probable that the prisoner might have goes round the cottage in which the injured woman lived, and the gun ought have gone off accidentally, as the pri soner was in the act of crossing the hedge in front of the cottage window. A witness was called who gave the prisoner en excelleot character, sod the learned judge then stunnied up very carefully, first ex plaints( the law of the cue to the jury, and then going throngb the detail rif the case.. . . Th: jury retired for forty minutes, And returned with verdict of Guth, with intent to do grievous bodily berm, and the isornsd judge ssetsoced the prisoner to 12 years' pond servitods. This finished the helms CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Beare kr. Baron Charnel].) Jana Denali 25, wail charged with the manslaughter el Jobs Williams. Mr. Hydd proweated. wed th• primmer wu deluded by lb. Kibbe. The rue as the part of the prosecutioo was that os boxiag-night" the primmer wee driving a bone and cart in the Globe-road, Mile-sad, and that he was racing with soother vehicle. The deceased was an aged man, sod he was curies the rood at the time awl wee knocked down, and received iejnries which caused his death. There was goad deal of 000dictieg evidence u to the (inundations trader which the uoforttinate affair took place, asd it was alleged ow behalf of the prisoner that the OCCCUTOIIOII was purely seccideataL . . _ Thi jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. llienael Jenkins, 41, tailor, was charged with feloniously stabbing sod woonding Joseph ilsrper, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Thompson prosecuted. The prosecutor in this cue was a person In • humble moditioe of life, sad it appeared that some time age he was committed to prima for three =oaths for some °dome, and dun=g his comiosesent the primmest seemed to have formed me acquaintance with his wife, sod they cohabited together. When the prosecutor seas out of prison be discovered this to be the state of things, and be took hie wife away from the prisoner to the hoses of • person maimed Edwards, re siding in the neighbourhood of Look's4lekts, Walworth. The prisoner seamed to have gone to this house, and • quarrel took place holmium him and the prosecutor whisk led to blows, and in the mune of the "trunk the primate appeared to have stabbed the promoter in several places. Om of the stabs nal ever the reties at the hoot, seethes in the abdomen, sod • Wad ea tlie rite ; Red assoedin Io charging him with thermialsomanour of attempting to °Dm. pound a felony. The indictment, which was very volutni. DOW, contabied six counts, which averred that the defen dant had attempted to compound a felonious 'smolt com mitted on the person of one Sarah Ford by a man named Anooni ; that the defeadant had further solicited and ea- Mood the mid Sarah Ford, by the promise and tender to her of mosey not to appear and give evidence agaiest the said Anooni ; and lastly, that he had solicited her, if she did ap pear, I. commit wilful and corrupt perjury. The defen dant, when placed at the her. pleaded not guilty. Mr. F. If. Lewis (iretructed by Messrs. S he en and Ramos, the solicitors to the Associate Institution for improving and enforcing the Laws fur the Protection of Women) sp. for the prosecution ; and the defence wee conducted y ar Mr. flerjeant Tindal Atkinson (with whom was Mr. Beaky), instructed by Mr. Thomas Baud, of Basingitall street. — Tie jury, after a brief cooftrence returned a verdict of Not Guilty, observing that the evicesoce was so ocinflicting that they had come to the coriclusion that there was a doubt, of which the defeodant was entitled to the benefit. The verdict was recorded, and the defendant was at coos discharged• (Move Phillip, described as being • labourer, 34 years of km was convected of stealing two gas burners and • quantity of postage stamps from the chambers of Mr. Thomas Lawrence Forbes, an insurance broker, in Rood lane, City. The defence attempted was an alibi, which wholly failed, and the jury, without hesitation, returned a verdict of Guilty, and the prisoner, who was not known to the polio' for any former coovictioo, was sentenced to nine months' imprisonment, with bard labour. James Henry Worthy. traveller, was indicted for embouling the sum of 91.105., the moneyief Alfred LJoaes, his master and employer. Mr. F. H. Lewis conducted the proescutica, and Mr. Nicholson defended the prisoner. This was oat of the usual cases of embezzlemeet. The prisoner having been shopman to the prosecutor, who is a tobacconist, carrying on business on Holborn-bill, was per mitted to go out at his own request as traveller, and in his rounds visited Aldenhott, where he received moneys to the amount charged from • onstoster named Masters, for which he never socounted._ _ _ Tb jury retTirO;l a verdict of Guilty, and it was proved that the prisoner bed not only been previously convicted of similar frauds, but had obtained his situation with the pro secutor by means of • files character. The amount of his defMattioe to the tor was upwards of MIO/. Mr. Lewis said that now the verdict had been pronounced be might be permitted to band in a letter which bed been received by the prosecutor from the celebrated Mr. George Crnikahsak, and artist, stating that the primmer had sp pliedi for and obtained from the Lord-Lieutenant at the county of Middlesex a commission as an officer in the Have lock ltile Volunteers, the primmer then rep:emoting him self to be a method student. On subsequent immure it was simertained that be was a convicted felon, and on the proper represeatatioo being made by the Lord-Lieutenant, the Secretary for War dismissed the prisoner from the volunteer service with disgrace. The Common fieriesurt observed that the prisoesr ap peared to be 'We, and sentenced him to be kept in penal servitude far t term of six jean. Mary AMI 'yawn, a good-looking young female, who appeared to be painfully depressed, was coevicted of rearm ing the body a/ a male child of which she bad been de livered, with a view to emcee; its birth. Th• — csie preseated the usual painful disclosures of Woe tics ud desertios, but the medical evidence proved that the child had bees .till-born. Inspector Bell, of the R division, who had apprehended the prisoner and had charge of the case stated that from inquiries he bad instituted, he found th at the primmer had hitherto borne as irreproachable character is various families in which she bee lived es • domestic servant, and her muter with whom elm lived at the time of the mew moos in trunnion bagged to recommend her to the merciful coolderation of the court. The Oommon Serjeant sentenced the prisoner to six weeks' imprisonment., and she .0 removed ro an almost helpless Mete from the deck. Tiko soon was then adjoarnod to Monday, Aped 11. MAUCH': $1 1864. 4/6 wrangler al lilt Sege" they wets all wails of a Furious dierelphion. The only szcw that appeared to be offered for the prisoner's coed was that he was the worse Llar liquor et law Ise the offence was committed. The keite that was made use of b the primoner was a very for addsbklill•Pete, and the PtUssmator appeased to have bad • very narrow escape from losing his life. The jury found the prisoner Beaty. Suva Channel], is passing seetesee, mid that the con duct of the prisoner appeared to him to have been very bad indeed. He had not only taken advantage of the un fortunate pcsition of the yewoator to sedum hies wife from him, but when be had kindly taken her beck again, be seemed to have gale to the place when they grave living, evidsoidy for the purpose of insulting the prosecutor and committing some miaow' upon him. Under these circum stances he felt it to be his duty to esstence him to be kept in penal servitude for the space of eight years. (Before the Recorde r.) Clark., Wile7ll4 /1, 33, • gentlemanly looking man was placed at the bar on an indictment charging him with 'steal ing two tables, twelve chain, and a quiuitity of other fur niture, thsproporty of James Burr, a police constable in the X division. Wad Mr. Hudson prosecuted ; Mr. Sleigh and Mr. F. H. Lowe defended. Mr. Wood said the premier we. indicted with stealing these goods under somewhat singular circumstances. He had eloped with the prosecutor's wife, and sold the prise cutor's goods. It appeared that the compkinant was a policeman in the A reserve of the M division. and se such he was necesearily away from home the chief part of his time, both day and night. The prisoner was • German interpreter, who had lodged in the prosecutor's house oa sod off for more than four years. He wed to go away some times for months together, sad • abort time back he absented himself for tbs space of six at the end of which time he returned to the house7,lt again engaged a back slespiageoom over the 'Litchis', and for this sad partial board he agreed to give 2• per week. Of coarse the promake left all the meets to his wife, to whom the money was to be but from circumstances which bad come out, there was no doubt that she had never received one farthing during the whole of the time that the primmer bad lived there. The geometer had never suipeoted his wife's virtue up to the time, or jut before her elopement. About six or seven days, however, before they weal off together something came to the policemaes ears which opened his eyes a little, so mach so that he immediately went to his iodide room, when a violent quarrel took place between them. The c o r palled oat a lifwprenerver , bat the police nest used to that kind of thing knocked him down and got bettor of him. Just a week after this time, law at night, the prisoner engaged an upholsterer to take the prospeontoe's goods away for the ram of 61. or 71. The spite/Maw mid he would rather wait till the morn*, bat the premier replied that he was go i ng to Paris at 12 o'clock, and that they most be disposed of at ones. At that time the pronecutor's wife was present, and helped to negotiate the sale of the goads. The upholsterer thee said that he could not fetch the goods, but if he (the primmer, would bring them to his place he would purulent them. the moistens the police were commu nicated with, and when the vas with the goods drew up at the broker's door, .• police-constable was in waiting. Shortly at wwards the prisoner drove up is a cab with the police man i wife, and they were evidently prepared for a keg journey, for there was • large Weak on the top of the cab, crammed fall of the fair runaway's goods. The prisoner wee thee takes into custody. The cue would turn upon this point—if the woman was about to live, or had been living. in adultery with the primmer, then the primmer woald be guilty of felony in selling thees goods. U, however, it could be proved that he had not best living in adultery, that he del not intend to go off with her, and that he was merely selling the goods for the wife, thee, of course, the jury would return a verdict accordingly. Mr. Sleigh addressed the jury on behalf of the prisoner, and called the policeman's wife, who deeded that she had ever committed adultery with the prisoner. Her husbaad had always been cruel to her, and she had several times raid she would leave him. Oa the day in question he had been unusually cruel to her, and she had asked the pri soner to go and sell her furniture for her. The furniture was her own, bought with her own hard earnings. She had sot intended to go and live with the prisoner, but to go home to her mother. She had always objected to the prisoner's lodging at the house. The jury found the prisoner Guilty, and The Reurdw sentword him to be imprisoned with hard labour for the spew of twelve maths. (Before Thomas Chambers, Fog., Q. 0., Common Serjeant.) Joseph Romaine, • respectable-looking middleaged rain, surrendered in discharge of his Ea to 'ewer an indictment committing a crime. The mere signing another pentoe's name did always constitute a forgery, es if there were as implied authority to ran. that would do away with the charge of forgery. Tiro, agar, it war quit* manifest from the radar of the prisoner that he had sot the slightest in tention to ddratiel, sad he hoped, if the priscmar was com mitted for trial, he would at last be admitted to bail. Mr. Alderman Hale rid he had only to deal with facts. He could sat know what the intentions of the prisoner were. It wee quite clear that a forgery had bees committed, and he mar seed the ease to the jury, and be et the same time declined to admit the prisoner to bail. The prisoner was Wen fully committed for triaL THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-110138E. Woo, Wykes. described as a publkan. of 6, Kilburn-gate, was brought before Mr. Alderman Hale, charged with forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 7001., purport ing to be accepted by J. Neaten and Sou, wise merchants, on Weems iu Cenaberwell. llr. Yullisa, the solicitor to the Bankers' Protectim Association, attended to prosecute ; and Mr. Lewis, of Ely place, appeared ea behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Wastes said he knew the prisoner, and had been acquainted with him for some years. He bad cm several occasions previous to November, 1862, accepted bills for the primmer. He accepted • bill for 5001. is August, 1864 which fell due on the 15th February in the present year. Oa that date, in cosemoseos of a message be reosived, he west to Yarn. Glya's baeltioghoute, sad was shows the two bills produced, for 7001. mid 5014, haring his mine ea the acceptor. 7'be bill for 5001. was the bill which he bad accepted in August, but the other one be hem nothiag of. It was not written by him nor by his authority. and except the bill be bad mentioned be accepted no other for the primmer sime 1862. la answer to Mr. Lewis, Mr. Neates said he had !mown the prisoner for sometime, sod when he had applied to him to swept bills for his (the primmer's) accommodation, he bad dose so ; sad if the bill in question bed been offered him by the primmer to mccept, he stookl certainly have dose so. He believed both the bolls had been paid by the pri mmer. He should my that the primmer, preemie( on their long acquaintance. had fancied be might take the libmly of lais mum Mr. Lewis, on behalf of the primmer, urged that t h e poi- emir did me tee • manes• lealempiale that he was °tome Brooks sad John William,. well-known thieves, were placed at the bar before Mr. Woolrych, charted with stealing a qty of lead from the roof of the Waterloo Railway terzniass, the property of the London and South Western Railway Company. William B leu, • journeyman slater is the employ of Mr. le Intyre, the wattmeter for tepees to the South Western Railway Company, said that on the preview, afternoon he wen at work with another man on the roof a the station in the Waterloo-road. They left for a few minutes at four, and on witness's return he saw the prim ates at the end. Williams was stooping down, palling the lewd up which was fixed between the roof and the wall to /invent the wet from getting through, while Brooks wen deeding now him on the look out. Witmer immediately called to his mate, and as soon as be made his &amanitas on the roof, the prisoners got down the Udder, and at tempted to make their escape. He, however, called oat to the decors below, and they were secured. Mr. Wookych said if the lead had been entirely torn from the roof ?—Witnees replied that it was, and nearly half a haadredweight wee rolled up, ready to carry away. Whams knew eothing of the prisoner, and they had no business as the roof. Henry Laming. 132 L said that he was called to the railway station to take she prisoners into custody for steal ing the had produced. When he got Brooks to the station house, he turned round upon him in a ruffianly manner, and struck him a violent blow in the face. He also streak the railway constables who assisted to secure him. Mr. Woolrych asked what was known of the prisoners. Sergeant Well', 7 L, said he bad known Brooks en a thief for mangeLietrat; twice Ifs la tried d convicted at the her officer of the L division said tht Wink= had been before convicted of lead stealing. The priosees, who dectined isying anything is their &taco, committed for trial. Newry Lock, tge keeper of the Eagle beer-shop, in Park. plane, Clapham, was summoned by the polies for permitting pining wit► dice is hie house. Pol . t 'Complier, 20 V, said at 9 o'clock on Sun day sight, Tlat ult., b• visited the defeedaut's home, and in the tap-room he (wand esveetees boys, whose ape avenged from fourteen to twenty. Os the table were • Dumber of orates', sad one of the boys was rattling three dice in a pewter pot. Os calling the defendant be denied all knowledge of the boys gambling with dice, and promised that it ohould sot occur spiv. In reply to the Magistrate, In %shoal said he had so evsleoos to prove that the detvvdent wes aware of what the boys were doing. Mr. Ingham cautioned the defendant to be more careful i• future, aid raid that if the ease had bees proved he should have indicted the full peealty, as it was a very omens matter to allow boys of tilt age to play with dice. The summons wan then dientiand. BOW.STRKET. Jacob Brans, a watchman in the employ of the Pneu matic Despatch Company, was brought up on remand, kkanged with stealing a pewter pot, the property of Mr. Smiled, of the White Hone, High Holborn, and also with dealing coals from a shed in Bull Inn-gate•yard, belonging to Mr, lambert, the ecachroaker, of Long•acre. Mr. Smeed, as an illustration of the wholesale way in whisk pot stabling is mrried on, said that a few days ago his premien, on his return from collecting pota which had been lent, reported that be bad "got all in. Surprised at• t►is unusual statement, Mr. Smeed reminded him that the number oat wee half a and asked if be had counted them. Tbe patinas nepW, " All right ; (cot them all ia but ten." To lose only tea in one naming did not seem to him worth mentioning. James Goss, the fermata at Mr. Lambert's face y. in Bull Inn-gate, stated that coal bed for a long time pest been frequently missed from the shed, but he had no suspicion , of the prisoner. The letter being a watchman was *ap posed to be the last person open to such au imputation. The shed had no communication with a dwelling•house. The primmer pleaded guilty to stealing the coals. Mr. Healy said the oses must go before a jury. He had no parer to deal summarily with a charge of breaking and metering. The prisoner was committed for trial. CLERIC EN WELL. Mr. William Pimm, photographer. of 68, Eastoo-road, was summoned before Mr. Barker, at the instance of Mr. Henry Baker, the district surveyor . of St. PRAMS, to show cause why he had not given notice in writing of his intention to make an addition to his houae two days before be coca mewed the work, whereby he had incurred • penalty not exceeding 201. The same defendant wee also summoned for doing certain' things contrary to the rules of the act, as also far omitting whim things, and Mr. William Henry &e -clair, of No. 70. Easteuroad, photographer, was alsosum moned for • similar o ff ence. These pro ce edings were takes under the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855, and the raked of complaint was that both of the defendants had erected at the back gardens of their honor two buildings, sub of two dories, oostrary to the provisioes of the act. Mr. Pimm, by not giving notice to Mr. Baker, the district sur veyor of St. Pancras two days before his building was commecoed, of its area, situation, height, and inteaded use, had incurred • penalty not exceeding 20/. In addible* to that Mr. Baker complained that the buildings, which wore two stories high, 30 feet keg by 10 feet wide, bad been built entirely of wood-work and glass. What the defendants had done contrary to the rules of the act was, that they had constructed the lower story of the addition opal' sad non-enclosed, and had eeciceed the upper story with boudieg . and glue and had ales covered the root externally w ith woodwork and glass, sod what they had omitted to do as required by the act , of patiement was to eoclose the building with walls con structed of brick, star», or other hard and Mum. boatible materials, and to cover the roof externally with slates, tiles, meted, or other incombustible materials. Such being case, Mr. Baker had served both die &adapts ori the 4th of lest month with a notice in writing requiring them, as builders of the houses in guineas, to muse the things dose oostruy to the act within 48 hours to be amended, and also to do the things which they had omitted to do, but the defendants took no heed a the no tice—hence the present proceedings. Mr. Barker said he should make an order for the removal of the buildings complained of ; and taking into considers- Om all the facts should make no order as to coda. SOUTH WARM. COTTON SUPPLY AssoczArzoy. At the usual weekly meeting of the executive committee, held .on Tuesday, • letter was reed from • cot reepoodeat in the Bombay presidency, who is experimenting in various ways for the purpose of extendieg the growth of orates. HAI states that the first picking of his Sea Island cot ton at Kumar hes bees pronounced to be the longest staple of cottonever grown in India, and equal in price to Sea His crop being only an experiment, is limited to two acme, which should yield 80010., but next year be will have a larger one. ft was not grown on the best laird, and the result has been very cheering. A further supply of seed at his request has boon granted. A letter was received from Mooltan, in the Puojatib, offering the services of • trading compaoy to purchase and forward cotton to England. The rates prevailing in the 'middle of January were from Be. 30 to 35 per mound. The notice of the districts said to be famed not only for Bolos( fibre, but also for its tee quality, and hi considered specellw both to the produce of thedistriets of Hindustan sad any other portion of the Punjsub. A small sample of cotton has bees for- warded, together with one of wool, which sells at Rs. 18 to 18 per mound. A letter woe reed from the bow:miry on. cretary of the Agri.Horticullaral Society at Madras, static`` that three bales of cotton have bees fer ia the emaciation, comprising Omuta, Epp. ties, Hammel:l, Bourbuo, end New Odium The Copes matow now seat is not considered so satisfactory as that of the next crop produced without manarieg the grimed, end ones of the Oopenn cotton grown in the smithy's s@nsis approaches in quality the American, Egyptian. Bombes, and other (*thous lately introduced. There are now Mesa varieties under cultivation, mid samples of the base Idols are promised shortly. The remits of the experiments with the American and other varieties have proved highly Dabs. faotocy. A letter received from Trinidad reports thee the writer her pleated tea acres with the seed received bees the association, sad that most of it is growing well. He expects next year to have • much larger quantity miler cultivation. A letter from Jamaica stales that the writer and others are labouring with all their energies to mewed the growth of cotton to that island, sad that the fields are most 'Novelties, but there is still • great west of meld airy. A letter was read from the Coral-( h osed of Verimela deseribiag the revived efforts now making to pro mote the eultivatiee of entice, and that so rapid bee hem the Menem that the crop new coming forward is estimated at 8,000,00011 m ; the next It is calculated will be between two and three time* as largo es the present. An exhibition is to be held at Caress is Jel of the year, which it is hoped will still further stia>s the effort to produce cothoe, sad be the mesas of introducing agricultural ha taTte and cluuties reathinery of • better dew :elegies. ihibitioa will be under governmeet management, end English exhibitors would hod it a favourable opeortu sit, of bringing their manufactures under the Notice of settee cultivators is Veasenela. A hitter wee received reporting the fortaatioa at Constantinople of a " Craton Animistic's" for various useful purposes, the labours al whish, it is hoped, will be Weeded with beneficial remits. CITSTAL PALACIL ONE SNILLING DAY. -- WIDNINDAT, 111ARC11 2.—Adm4mice. ea payment, 40S; ditto try wawa tickets, 043 ; total. 1,112. MOHR THAN EVER AND SETTER THAN ETU.—This MOM* to the lamest and best stock et spring mad easemer patterns ever eakatitsed fee public approval The warldEusell Ile. treason st Alfred WOG Hike ' the originator's ably Gola baloßlAGAL TR. arooketreet, Er poser Iteasklisiee 1041. —lAdvennemest.l LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY. The directors' report for th e lialf-year ending 31‘t December, 1863, has beau issued. The debt. and liabilities of the company at the close of the year 1862 amounted to 64,0254 ss. 6d. ; the amount on 3ist December, 1163, were 48,988/. 14e. 24.; there is therefore a detrain of halslity =emoting to 15,0364 lls. 4d. The rum of 48,988/. 14.. 24. repreeeets the total amount of the debts of the company on the 31st Deoszaber, 1863, and is composed whitlows :- Lases, 10,0001. ; cedinery liabilities, 38,9881. Ma. ttl. o n the 30th June last the sum standing to the credit of the general reserve fund amount was 3,502/. 6.. 10d. ; to this it is peered to odd from the profits of the pest hall.mar the sum of 6,9041. 18e. 10d. ; making a total of 10,40, /- sa. Bd. ; which our added to the amount of the leases re newal toad, 12,7381. 6e. 11d., gives a total of 23,140. 12a. 7d., aa standing to the met of the ream funds of the company, represented by caah at the bankers. The roes receipt@ of the company from all sources datin g` the half-year oodles 31st December, 1883, were 302,805/. 7s. 94. ; daring the same period of 1862 (the Exhibition sarybey were 370,19 W. 9s. 9d. ; and daring the tame • of 1861, an ordinary year, sad therefore a period fairly comparable with 1863, 302.446/. 14s. 64. ; the pow expenditure is the half-year airing 31.6 December, 1863, an exhibited by the ue account, was 275.7 Nd. la. Bd. ; in the same period of 1862, 321,984/. 12s. 7d.; and in the same period of 1861, 289,4421. Us. ; the net profit of the half-year ending 31st December, 1863, after allowing for the reduction in valuatioo of one stock, was 24.107/. 5.. 9d. ; that of the same period of 1862, 48,2131. 17s. 2d. ; and of the same period of 1861, 13,0041. ls. 6d. ; showing a profit superior to 160 by 11,1031. 4a. 3d. ; and only inferior to the Exhibition yea. of 1862 by 24,1061. lls. sd. The number of horses pop Greed by the coursay ori 31st December last was 0,:.19, of 284 leas thee the number owned by them ou the 30th dune. The cost of maintaining the bores stock during the year 1863 wee 34,8584 184.4 d., or 21 per cent. of it, total value at the reduced price given in the balance-alter. The profit and loss account shows that the balance of the revenue count for the half-year ending 31st December was 24.1077. ss. 9d. ; to which has to be added the balance carried over from the previous bell-year, 4,713/. 10. 74. ; and ads the balance of interest account, 4351. lls. 9d. ; making a total of 29,2561. Bs. Id. 'There wu paid off the Bank loan during the half-year, and has now been written off the first estab lishedcharges, the sum of 7,000/. ; and it is proposed to add to the reserve fund a further sum of 6,904/. 18e. 10d. ; making a total of 13,901/. 18a. 10d. ; leaving a balance of 15.351/. 9s. 3d., to be applied to the payment of a dividend after the este of 54 per cent. per annum, free of income tax, which the directors recommend for your adoption. MARKETS. COTTON.—Livrnrool, MARCH 2 —Sales to-day, 6.000 bolas, including 1.5(4) for speculation and export. 303 Am non's, 2544. to 270. ; 30 Yoram, k.c., 26d. to Sid. ; 220 liaranhant, 260. to 27d. ; 100 Masses and Bakia,23d.; 400 Egyptiaa, 25,ed. to ; 300 Smyrna, 2341. to 2544. ; 4.030 Surat, 14& to 24•44. ; Bongal, Mods, i.e., 1541. Chino, 191 d. to 20d. Market steady, without change in prieso 0010.—Bottrox, M.& CU 2. —There was a fair supply of grata at this day's smashes. Wheat met a slow sale, at prisms rather irides the rates of this day seisairbt. Baths 6d. per quarter lower. Oats a slow sale, at dd. less mopes. CATTLE —flowrint.t, Mtwai 2.—The 'apply being short prime went pretty well maintained et hat were'. ratio. Trade sleek. Beef mode from le. 4d. to 5e.: mutton, 4e. to 8a ; weal, es. Bd. to se. Sd. ; pork, 3e. 4d. to h. Gd. pee Mose of 811 m, Making the offal. 00ALS.—Larrioar, Kitten 2.—Coapen Hartley, 14s. 9c1.; DemisoesiWeet Hadley, 1 , 45. 9d. ; Lambert's West Hartley, 61.1.1Wylam, 17s. ; Walls End Riddell, 16s. ; War.; End Whsrsoliffe, 161. ; Eds. Kam 17s. ; Walls End Brad. dylls Hatton. 17s. 3d. Walls End lisewsß, Ih. ; Wells End Mottos, 18 .. 6d. ; Walls End Reath Hatton, 18s. 6d. ; Wells End etawsrt's, 18e. ; Wells End Timartall, 16.. 6d. ; Walls End Hartlepool, 16e. :id. • Walls End Hemet Hall, 17.. 9d. • Walls Rad Kelloo's, 17s. 64 ; Walk End Rest Illarilepool. 18s. 6d. ; Wells Esd Bon* Hartlepool, 17.. 3d. ; Walls End South Kenos, 17.. 9d. • Weils lad Trimdoa Hartlepool, 18e. 34.—Ships et marke t, 62 ; sold, 38. TRAFFIC RETURN& Rhea Pas- Met , Total, Total. =WATS. opm wagers. cbaodlaa la6l. 1163. Week m 411161831. & L L L 4 Bombay. 11.10•111, sad C.L 1864 1.711 1,314 3,066 1,772 WINS IoIW Paataaala 43.1 1, 56 6,707 30,643 ',let Moak =Mai Feb. it Buffalo and lota Marco 1611 2,242 Week eudlag Feb. 34. Ottoman Week eedlng Feb. 20. Seatlab North Mestere l3B em Week ceding Feb. F 7. South Wasters Lel Week madly TO. It Cornwall 776 4,995 CRS f 347 8.012 .1414 LUC, 1,111 04644 Lesosebows Grist Eadera M 10,043 10,666 KM 16.1611 04440 Northers 368 10,126 20,164 30.106 27,711 Grit Wooten 10646 21,064 13.666 64,724 22,507 1404443644 York&ln 402 12.412 22.4111 10,430 41,040 144444 if orthiff 05ter412264 64.476 64,401 46.073 SIAN ludas I 64411 WNW' 9.699 6,263 16.002 North rielordaldr• 164 6.616 1,116 Maw SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. OlialraiMPlL—Arrived—March 2: City of Hamburg. Haute; cowrie, koggeniam ; Mao, Amsterdam : Ellen. Brussels; llyher Mak Demean ; Italrl.ot, Manilla.; Gera, Caen ; Henry and belay, Havre ; Holland. Wend Imperial, Mews . Law disleolfooolowAse • lehmeas. Claims ; llasy Ana Neville, Rouen: NotoldlBCMe : Omni. China ; Osborne. Casa : yllarlm, Hoge sund Ravensboarak Yokahoma : lock City, China : Regia, Colombo ; Reindeer, Shangtme ; Wm. and Jane, SL Yolery ; BeriLt. LBlePPe• —Starch y : Alicia Bland, Port Phillip ; linetram, Madras; beiglons, Ostmod Lim Harlingen ; Mapast, YoMertlaim Victor. Hneasks. LlTlMPOOL.—Arrived—Mareb t : Meta 'ea Barcelona ; S. Memos Psi*—: Adam Can. anneal MM. New York: Zureelyelat. Bombay ; Lee, Caldera Onto& blarsobars Ilemor, Hew !Grog. Walton. Dunkin: Merle Cherie. Rae goes ; tordeaus ; Pbobe, Ponirraa Catherine learrkne. Menotti& : Menlo, Kam ; flarceta. IL Tbs : Iterwood. Paswr ; Lady laniest. litangbee Mort, Powers& ; Maran on's. ft. Jekree. N.D.: Geo. Sneer, Desarran ; tort Prioon, Name: Lady , iterdiey. Trieste : Leader. lona ; Cherub, Yea. sin ; Pdße, Linn thanreek, Neatee ; Iteeord, torterdern Tamaulipas u s) , Charente : Amelia Lea. Mir : Juts Marie, Mix Mena. rod lath. Nino& II diet— Kant 2: ha Lister, Cana. Ate.: Lone AO, Ber demur ; Tiger. Bonin ; Edinburgh Oh be. York. This GIMAT ZAIITZUN STLLMIIIII2.—LIVERTOOL, Weinieday.—Our readers will no doubt remember that on the 17th of bin mentli the Great Eastern was put up for umeserved sale at public anctios, when the biin bidder was a Mr. John Rae, of 117, St. Jarsees-strein, in this town. who offered MS,OOOI. fir the vessel. Is mosegnence of some dips silty in indenter, to the payment of the deposit mosey, the aostioaser, the Hoe. Mr. Canard, of the firm of Oesard. Wilms sad Co., shipbrokers, repudiated the va lidity of Mr. Ras's bid, and the mend was ultimately 'mocked down to Mr. Yates, of the Great Pastern Steam ship Company (Limited), for a snot similar to that offered Mr. RIM To day, however, Mr. Rae, acting upon legal ad. vary tweessded to Mr. Cunard'. and there tendered 25,0004, sad claimed the great ship as his property, Mating that es he was the first bidder of 25,0004 oil the 1 1th February. las had an indiaputolge right to the ship. We oadsntaad hie money was refused sad his claim of notes dismissed. [Advsatisemsug—HamowAr's Ourrussr AND rune.—For bad lens, lbaadd brown sod seereetsc or 'craniums seems, this is a genuine specific. The grateful and sanest testi mony of thousands who have experienced their unrivalled power over these complaints, and who ban been raised from prostrate helplessness and a condition loathsome to theensteves and °then feeders It quite unnecessary to enlarge In Ude place OPOO Its extraordinary virtues. The parte affected should be bathed with lukewarm water, and when the pores an thereby opened the Ointment should be rubbed in at ken twice a day all round the complaining parte. It tiara penetrates to the oat of the norder. sad effects a thorough an permanent cure. These preparations are composed of rare balsam, as mild as they an dreacious. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTAe. 000612.—Feirreary IS, at . Irwinrlll - 7 QuaWegoad. Richmond, S.W., the wife of J. Cooper, Esq , of a eon. FLOCKTON.—SIarch 1, at Camden-willas, hurley, the 'rife et W. Flocktou. IDS, a • ma. HATFILILD.—yard 1, m ii,ide-park-terrase. Cumberland gate, the wife of 0. Battend, Key.. of a son. FATlLY.—Febraary 26, at hydenhawpart, Upper Sycleahast tie wife of LS. Petry. Esq of a daughter. FEICK —l4lwoury 13. at fit Step:lois square, Weathourne-part. W. the wide of the leo. A. C. Price, of* eon. BYOB. —February IS. at Ilashatore place. Prince'regate, tha wife of N. &Sykes. of a eon. ILUIRIAOI6B. BINGLITON—LAMII.-1 1 ebruary 27. At at. Gone's. Hanover wow*, by the Vee. Lord Arthur Hervey, eaoon of Sud bury, H. B. Singleton, Es q., of Melt, toasty of Loath. to liar! Moutgoaserie, daughter of the late C. lamb, req., of Demme% county of euseev. SCHWTML—COLLINCI.—March L at ht. Matthew's Cher* Oakley-square, by the Hew. T.. 1. Judkla. M.A., C. A. Yea.. et Lekotarrace. Wends" oth, to Madly, daosh "c r a l J. K. Collies. tee., 1.1.11. A., et Heaspeteed-read, !CM. WILSON—% ILAlOT.—Yebrasry '2'l, at t. Mertheatothe-Fieidt. Mewl, eon of Mr. C. Wilson. of Richmond, Surrey, to 8091114 daughter of the late Mr. J. Wilmot, of lelemerth. DEATHS. LIMIMILIORT.—February;;, Uieltlv. J. Arkirrlght, of Mark. bAn, loser- MAKTIMILW.—Tebroary at the Knott. Ambkinile. Marls. ..eon/ daughter of Robert Martinson. ray., Edstionsdr liennosham. BO I. ritßarliortir -road. SK. Stephen'septionh W Kr T. H. ltobeits. Bart.. said SO. 1412filifIL—Ifsimaary S. at norm. Mrs Jane TSIONIMON.— liar& 1. Thompson. imp.. of H. Tait Sam aged 411. THl7lloooo.—lebreary 10. at Adelaide-road. N.W., immazaks Ohs wt of Mr. J. Thargood. aged 7d. ..el s. Mead sad loldObed by WOMAN UM of Oa larabssMarost, Is Ow Okby of aks the OM% Laimberd4o.o. le boded 11 libOw Tomboy. ILtwo S. Isll6. ATOTICI 11 tor M wire omavol iw e b, sio• day.—AMAY Itialsolte-bu BLACK KELE sidp MON AI Bed India rgr e. 15: Paddisig.? DO and DON sad IN g o the FAA Ilse well-km loss, $OO-hog the Vlethrls the roams , of Good Hop for the India t amroodatlen surgeon . steamers ha shortest pea GAMUT L rosoLging a 9, Mincing la Aar accAlcat moat be mad NZW OA. The nese vantages ea c deValolll,lll Of MArwe . Wsridekeilr Api*MoYl, tst h rr 4.1 AV U . FROM ./L. MLA nth. err ern Cabin — Wm! 1.6. 17. and by th r=.... Canada. th• oa very Adel WILLIAM Il and MAY BREW Direct many.—noes or SCHWAL Thursday me Blackwall PI and F 1 Tete The port of Elver Weser are rimed b moderate Lb Bremen bele Universal OM PEILLIPPB, T " BUM PANY Almalt IDooi Deposit ti Eubsequent , BANUI3-3i BRoms-111 AUDITORS-1 81121.12 Ar Teal Ana ev, The object c known sad sa Works and Bh The Thamei was establish,. most position the highest cl amuck', and ratirqsn' tom en mills. steam I are all of the forming Moat Three of tb warrior. Vail setnl clad vessels navies, some It has been Company tea and Ennineev with its prose lame and In estanalon of In order to ca to the ant CI past year th and effects of its liabilities In considerat Company of that Comps, a 15,000 Ind. 6 per cent. pe The Winn* land on tne 1 the Unfits, Mills tti It is slip on the River pose it is int, cietitately ad Creek and lb occupation o The prows vicinity of ti, is coufidenti 4 instant MU lags; and eel The es lath which will is wards of a in sock in hark taken on sue' same prodtai DanYs °peril Oil the Dir. in the new C figment will hitherto cony moue of prom Applicatio the event of be returned than am app the payment the applicao ProopectUll tained at the theapeide, Gentlemen Grote, cave, per .dare on that ion will alum, or iu Poo7 the depe non of the Insert my n■ shares Watt R UPI AWL ont say cof lmad MI Melee Pert ads Ines 1/141001 J. IGO sal fArlin ' O O WAT teathoodals Caammistft lumen. i wt AMBI etteal it% the hes be the beet coidttened a gutsily con whales la app., l i blY Pueacee tea, e aad ask bat — ei ."' es,44 toe I sft ships. iii s P Mh h&. Noi /.