The Express. — London, England, 1864-08-18 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 18, 1864. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. MIDLAND CIRCIIIT.—Leans, Ammar 17. (Brion Mr. Justice KLitiog.) xuaDzx NEAR ZOTHIXIIIII. Ames Saryiesee, aged 20, labourer, war indicted for the wilful murder of Jobe Cower, at Lam,titon-en- 3lortLen fuser Rotherham). os the 9th .1 Api ii lost. Yr. Overfed, 41.11, and Mr. Rauh; were conistul for the proeecutima ; Mr. WNW, for the defence. The deceased was • yousg man, 20 years old, and a gauieLer, who for Nome tiuie had Imesi In the euipleynteut el Mews. Fisher and Holism nerearyuen. at Handeworth, sear Sheffield. His permits lived at Scum 10 miles front Ilardserurth, and as the day in question be started from Baled...Rh to go bonne Between woe and tee o'clock that utget he armed at a place called Brook Home, and repairau to a publio-house kept by a pawn named Motteam. Is that public-became was the prisoner and other persons, who mere playing at dm:ethers. The prisooer then was deer 'd ie drab clothes, and the deceased dark clothes. The deceased had two uundlse, one La • handkerchief and the other in paper, and be had also a walking-stick. In the cutiveragtigi which peered among the company the time of eight was Weed about, hod the deceased shooed his watch in order to tell the company the 3utiflieid time. After getting some refreshment be semis away, and immediately hoboes or after him the pigeon left the public-houm. At that time a boy ia the load no. iced a man in light clothes smodiog oppceiee the public-bonne as if watching out, and shortly after a man dark clothes with two bundles, with • walkiugutick, was seat to walk down the road towsks Abbey-lane. The man in light clothes, who was &smaller wee than the other, was men following on the opposite ads of the road where there was no foospath. The deceased never reached hie friend.' bons., but on the following morning William (heaves, of Woolley Tree Farm, found is Abbey-lame the body of the deceased to • pool of blood, with a hedge stake lying by his side, on which were human blood and hair. Two hurdles and a walking-stielc were also found dose by. His bat was off, waistcoat open, and every pocket turned out, with the exception el one in which were some mall things. A post niortem examine. tiou made by Mr. Latimer, • surgeon, proved that death bad resulted from violeace—from blows in front of the head, end at the back of the bead, so that the heed was aluiroet reduced to a state of poly. There were also injuries on the eyes and hands. Suapicios attached to the prisoner, because he answered the description of the man who was seen following the deceased. To a policeman sawed Fisher he made a statement, although be had sot been taken olio custody; and in this ease it should be observed that very much depended upon the statemeote vlAlull the primmer at various titneshad made. Oa the 11th of Ap il toe prisoner stated to the policeman that he was at the public-house, sod the deceased also, tad while there the deceased looked at his watch. He said when be left lie hada walk, but be gut to bed at 10.40. without havieg aeon may use atter he left the public-house. except an old woman, whom he did not know. A reward of 100 f. had heed offered for the discovery of the murderer, and at the adjourned request on the 27th the prisoner, at being • used if he wished to make a statement (though be still was not in custody). expressed his willingness to do so, sad then be stated that, after leaving the public-home, be bad a eaia, during which he had a ten mioutes' convereatioe with Jane Hawk. This was a contradiction to his feet statement, that he saw no one but an old woman whom be did not know. Moreover, Jana Hawk, on being examined as • witness, said she had no convocation at all with the primmer, and did not see him that night. The eye of the police was kept you the prisoner, and on the 3rd of Ilay,at the polimeetation at Leughtun, the prisoner made • further statement to the same policeman. He said, " I out not guilty ; lam innocent as • child ;" and then he said, "I wish to toll you how it was done." Falter mutinied him, and prisoner then said when he thine out of Mottrans's public-house he met with George Dettoo (a man who had also been committed upon this charge, but the grand jury had ignored the bill). Denten ae11...1 him where he was going, and lie replied that he was going bums. Dorton said, '• Who is that that just came out before you He replied that it was a stranger. Lepton mid, " Von go on with me, " and they wept together. Nothing was maid until they got to Wade litotes, when Denton said, " I think I know you maw." Cooper (the deceased) was then just before them. Deimos said. "Now, I'll tell thee what my intention is if thoolt not tedium oast Not keg since I came from York (where he bad been imprisoned for perjury), sad 1 don't care how 100111 SO ague. I'm going to murder him:' Denting passed I. hunt, aud be (prisoner) saw him pall a stake out of the fence. He then went up to the man and said " How are you! I think I know you." Cooper said, •' Do you think so!" Pt1100•r said he then saw Lentos strike Cooper with the stoke, and Cooper fell to the ground. He struck hint on the ground, but dimmed never spike after the first blow. Nowt' then said, " Jenh come and feel in his pockets." and I said, " 1 could not " Hemel, " I will," sod then tided his pockets, and took his money and his watch. He *Quoted the money, and there was 7a. 61 ill silver. While takiug the money he said, " he finished, Jan ;if not I'll finish him." He tbeu took up the stake again, and struck kin, repeatedly. Prisoner added that Denton pee him the deceased's watch, and told him to keep it a day or two. He took it sail ancealed it in his own pig-stye at home. Denton said he would sell the watch at Tickhill is • few days. Before he made this statement he had been told that the polite had found under his bed • pair of trousers which stuck together so as to show that they bed been put there is a wet state, and that blood bad been found epee his trousers. He admitted that he had washed his trousers and put the.. there. The police also found the watch of the deceased is the pig-stye wrapped in • piece of newspaper, 1 and • corresponding piece of the paper ass found in the' prisoner's home. The eironer's impost had returned au opeo verdict, sod there!ore, after toe prisoner was appro. headed, he was taken before the magistrate., when he made a statement in almost the mote terms as the one he bad Lost nude. The learned counsel for the prosecuting pointed out to the jury that there was no evidence against Lentos but the prisoner's statement, and without contirmatiou that was on evident:eat all. The prisoner admitted that be bed MID the deed done by another man ; ha said be was there when the murder was committed, awl he described the em.:e, rod he moreover got • portico of the property which bad been taken from the decanted's person. A bunch of keys, proved to have belonged to the deceased, were also foucd iu the pigenye. But for his own statements there was little spinet the prisoner except the disoovery of pro perty, sad if property, Mr. 0 d said , belooging to • murdered man was found in the poseemioa of another it was strong evidence spinet that person. In this case the piisciner admitted that he witnessed the murder, and took away part of the spoil. Mr. Wally basin addressed the jury oe behalf of the prisoner, sad the learned judge having summed up. The jury, after • few minute.' consultation. wished their foreman to ask whether, supposing the prisoner's statement were true, and Detract was with him, sod he knew the under was about to he perpetrated, he would be guilty, providing be did not strike the actual blow. The Jalge—lf be were there coossetiniSnd siding by his presence is the commission of the murder he would be . . The Foreman—Although he did not strike the actual blow? The Judge—Although he did not strike the actual blow, uodentaad he most be onosentiog. aiding, and assisting by Lis preoesceis the murder, previously knowing— The Foreman—We understand that. The Judge—He could not be consenting to the murder if be knew nothing of it. . . . _ The jury, after two minutes' oonfereoce, pronounced verdict of Guilty. Tier prisooer was asked is the usual if he had ant thing to any " why he should not die according to law." Prienner-I'm innocent. Hu lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form. Mr. v. Blackburn applied for tbecliachatge of Denton,and hie lordship unlaced it. NORTHERN CIRCUIT. —LiviarooL, A roma 17. (Befor•Mr. Barn l'ige4l.) UNGAND (ADMINTSTRATIII) T. CLAY AND MIRADA/S. The plaintiff in this case brought en action before Mr. Maroc Pigott, tinder Lord Campbell's Act, for the lees of hothead, the damages claimed being 3.01/01. The counsel for the plaintiff were Mr. A ttorney•General Q.C., Mr. Aspinall. Q.C., sod Mr. Samuel!; fur the defendant, Mr. Temple, Q.C. awl Mr. Quain. The late Mr. Lingard met his death writs; to an unfortu nate mistake by Richard Pool*, an assistant is the establish ment of Menus. Clay and Abraham, chemists, Liverpool. A somber of physteiaos sod chemist. attvredei to show that the mode of keeping the poisons in Messrs. Clay and Abra ham's estabhabrusat was the common and most approved mods. It was announced. however, that the parties bed agreed to a verdict of 1,510015.., which sou apportiooed thus—le. to the eldest child, who laborite epee his father's death, 5004 to the widow, sod 5001. to each of the other diadem. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Bdor• Mr. Justice BON.) COMMON ?OM lIURDIII. In the trial of Mary Hartley, alias Annie Boren, for the want murder of her child, it wee stated in the whole of j teterday's Express that the jury milked at 1 tic!ock to consider their verdict. After being abseut nearly an boor and a half they re turned into court, and expressed a wish to put a qoestion to Dr. Paul. the surgeon who examined the body of the de ceased child. They said they wished to be informed whether, to his opinion, sutfoca•ioo could to occasioned, either late.- tionAlly or unintentionally, without leaving some intermit mark of violence. Dr. Paul maid be was of opinion that suffocation might be canoed both intentionally sod noieteetionally without any external mark of violence being observable. Mr. Orridge maid that a medical gentleman was in court wto was made to state upon his oath that the oonclusioe arrived at by br. Paul wee iboorreet. Mr. Justice Ryles said be weld nut allow the eerie to be re opened. Thequestion put by the jury had been red, aril Choy must Dow deliberate upon their verdoet. They were at liberty le add to it any reerommendatioo they might *Mk proper ender the circumstances. The jary then agate retired, and at 3 o'clock they re turn.] Iwo court, sod found the prisoner Guilty, hut at the same time said that they straggly recommended her to mercy, on the ground that she had been a good mother to the child down to the period id her leaviog the workhouse. The prisoner was thee coiled upon Is the ulna' form to state whether she bad anything to urge why senteoce of :heath thould cct Le p..a.ea upon her. She appeared to be almost unaware of what was paining, but after •shert interrelate sobbed out, "1 sia net guilty." The learned Judge then put no the black esp. and, ad. dressing the prnoncr, said that the Jury. after most 'outcome deliberation, upon the facts of the owe ' had arrived at the conclusion that she b a d comm itt e d the crime of wilful murder. They had accompanied that verdict with a recom ineudatio• ho mercy, and ad ha could say was that he would take cars that this recommeodation was forwarded to the proper putter. He should sot prolong the painful scene by making any further observations, bet should merely pass upon her the sentence fixed by the law for the offence of which she had been convicted. Hie lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form, and the wretched prisoner wu earned in an almost immunible state from the dock. _ _ Edward Porte, 21, was charged with the manslaughter of John Feat. Mr. Cooper prosecuted, and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Best. lb appeared that on the 30th of July the prisoner was sitting in a court at Haggerston, with • child is his arms, and his legs were stretched &cries the pavenseut. The deceased and another man named Plaxton were in the act of peering down the court, and the former, according to the evidence of this persoo, accidentally touched the legs of the prisoner, who thereupon jumped up, placed the child on the ground, ran after the deceased, and struck him • tremendous blow behind the ear. The effect of this blow was to knock him dowo, and in falling his head struck against the wall, end he received • severe wound, from which erysipelas supervened and aimed his death. Witnesses, however, were called for the defence, who stated that the deceased intentionally kicked the legs of the prisoner, at the same time making use of very foul lan guage, and that as he was walking along he looked round, rod by some means or other his legs twisted under him, and he fell against the wall, and thus received the injury that caused his death. The prisoner received & very good eharac ter from several respectable immures. The jury returned • verdict of Not Guilty. John Pitrpstrick, who, although stated to be eighteen years old, presented a most diminutive appointees, was charged with the manslaughter of William Henry ruby. Mr. Langford prosecuted. The premier. it appeared, was driving a cart laden with goods to the Ea.t4.70 Octuatin Railway station, in Brick lane, and according to some of the witness.r he was going at a speed of nine miles an hoar. The deceased was • • child three years and a half old, and was in the act of crossing the road when the horse driven by the primer knocked him down, and he was run over and killed. It was stated in the course of the case that the prisoner did not seem able to stop the hone, or the accident might have been prevented. The primmer, in hie defence, said be was very sorry for what had happened, but he declared that the horse was twenty years old, sad could not go faster than four or five miles an hour. He added that he could not help the acci dent. The jury 'clamed a verdict of Not Guilty, cod added tbatia their *Dion the prisooer ought net to bare been intrusted with the charge of a horse and airt io the Weals of London, and that his etuployer was open to censure as that account. _ The ouster of the prieoper said be coosidsrei him a 'Wady careful boy, and the horse he was driving wee very old, sad quite incap►ble of travelling faster than lies or am miles au boar. (Before the Common &Omit.) Mary Ann Ring, 50, married, was indicted for feloniously mating at and upon one ft ow Douglas certain corrosive fluid, .wltb intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. Mr. Poland appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr. Ribton for the defence. Os the previous day the pinions, had pleaded not guilty ; sod oc bet being placed at the bar to-day for trial, Hebtoc. said that the court would see from the indict meat that the intent was alleged to do bodily harm. bat the depoeitioas showed that in reality the intent was to destroy the dress the prolamine was wearier; at the Jim.. No doubt the proescatrm's band had suffered • alight injury by the oorcing into contact with the dress after the acid bad bona throws, but still the nitwit to intent bodily tofury was &bled by the prisoner. The whole affair arose about a debt of 3/. due from the prosecutne to the poisoner, who bad lodged for some time in the house of the prisoeer. trader these circumstances the prisooer would plead guilty to the coast charging her with a common assault, and prolvddy the amid would think that the infliction of • small fine, without im penoement, would meet, the justice of the c.a.,. Mr. Poland (for the prosecution) said be couceived that than was as absence of proof of any intent to do bodily harm, and that be, therefore, should tot oppose the course taken by the prisoner's counsel. The plea of guilty of the minor offence haviug bees re aoated, . . The Common Serjeant sentenced Use prisoner to psy s fine of M. to the Queen, end to be imprisoned until the tin* be paid. fulte Harris, V, envelope maker, pleaded guilty to three bmisetomnts charging bin with swallow two iron cambia) cranks, 16 envelope cutters, and other articles, value 15/., the property of Murk Eagle Masters sod others. Mr. Sleigh, who was iustructed on behalf of the prosecu tion, stated to the court that the circumstances of this CMS were novel and peculiar. The prisoner's father bad the mis fortune to become bankrupt, sod the prosecutors were the trade assignees under the bankruptcy. It appeared that the prisoner had bean is the service of his father and re mained in the employment of the assignees, sod couceiving that be could deal with the property as he had been in the habit of doing when his father was in business, he had taken the property mentioned in the indictment, which nodes the bankruptcy was vested in the neuroses. This set had placed the pneoner is a most painful position. Ile had already reserved a severe lemon from the locarienstiou he has already undergone, and the prosecutors were not anxious that he should be visited with a further extension of punish ment. They left the case io the bands of the court, hoping that the prisoner would be dealt with in the roost merciful =MOM_ Mr. Metcalfe, on behalf of the prisoner. urged upon the attendee of the court the fact that the prisoner bad acted udder the impression that he could deal with his father's property es ha had dose previous to the ba n krupt c y. H e bad born, through life an exceedingly good character, and it was hoped that in his case the court would be pleased to adopt the wishes of the prosecutors. The Common Serialist said that under all the cireum slum of this case the court was disposed to adopt the suggeetios which had bear made, and the order would be that the prisooer should eater taw his owe reougoissace in 501., with two sureties of 251. each, to coin, up for judgment whets called upon. Axed) Miller Tear, 45, builder, who stood remanded from the June session, was placed at the bar as an iedictmeat charging him with ualawfully removing end cooosaling part of him estate within sixty days prior to his adjudication as a bankrupt, with intent to defraud his creditor.. Mr. Serieset Ballantine (specially retained) appeared, with Mr. Bealey, to conduct the prosecution ; and Mr. Gdfard (with whom woo Yr. Litton) were counsel for the primer. Before the primmer was given In charge to the Jury. . . . Giffard said he had • special application to make to the court, gamely, that the present indictment should be quashed, on the wound that the multifarious nature of the charges weasels:elated to embarreso the prisoner in his de limos. The court would see that the indictment °Detained so Ism thee 33 counts, which werearranged ie classes, con taining every passible offence chargeable under the exieting beekruptcy law.. Each clams of offence charged wee or different diameter and date, and was to he supported by no lees than 51 witnesses whose names appeared at the back of the indictment. He defied any mussel to conduct defuse* to such an indictonest, end he therefore would sok that the present indictment should be quashed, and that the prosecutor, should prefer bills of indictment having reference to the separate sod several charges they had to prefer against the prisoner. The learned counsel. in support of his applicatioe, cited the opiate& of Mr. Justice Haller, in the cues of " Young v. the King is Error," showing that the matter wee entirely is the discretion of the court before which the question might arise. Mr. Seer . ant Ballaoties opposed the applicatioe , and contended that, though the indictment was no doubt vole mioous, yet it was based on only one section (the =lst) of the Bankrnpmy Consolidation Act. The Common Serjeant left the beech to consult Mr. Justice Bybee, who was presiding is the Old Court. Oe his return his lordship seW he should not think it right to press on the case is the present session, nor should he quash the present indictment, which must stand over, leaving it to those concerned in the prosecution to prefer fresh and separate bills at the next essaion. After some further conversation between the court and the learned counsel on both sides„ the cue was accordingly adjourned until the ant session of this court. , • Tttg MLE PSACI3B. Emile Werner (convicted by a jury on the previous day), and thutore LAemon and Laciest Flatow (convicted as their own c001...510e Of ounspiracy to defraud), were brought op for t. judgmen. The Common Sedalia said that it was impossible for him to make any distinction in the case of the three misusers. And if anything was to be urged in favour of any of them, it mast be addressed in the form of a memorial to the execu tive government through the Home Secretary. With re spect to the prisoner W 011261, ha was bound by the notling of the jury, aid anything that could be urged on Ma behalf must be addressed to aoother authority. He (the Common Serjrant) repeated that he °mild not make any distinction, and the sentence opus each of them was, that they be seve rally imprisoned in the Hones of Correetioe for the apace of two yearn; that they reepectively pay a hue of 50W. each to the vac of the Queen, and that they be farther imprisoned until each tines were paid. The prisoner, all of whom, especially Werner, seemed absorbed is grief, were them removed from the her. Henry Perry, 24, letter carrier, who had pleaded guilty to stealing a letter and its contents, the property of her Majesty's PoitmetecGesersi, was brought up aod sen tenced to penal servitude for the term of five years, s en tence which all the judges were determined to carry out under the act peered is the last seems of µaliment. 6eurpe Horns, 3u, teeter, we iodised for burglary in the dwelling•houe of These Brekstows, in Si. Ann's, Blackfners, with intent to steal. blr. Beet conducted the proeseetiou, and, from the 'vi deo...) addwed by two most active officers of the City Police, Hann and Legg, it was proved that on the nigLt in question they watched the primmer, who was aniompenied by another man sod a female, and followed them from various public-houses cur tit they rate caught by the officers is Church- Shoemeker•row. is the act of attempting to forme es iron door which led to the lower part of the premises of the peoescukes, end as estrum through which would have commended seems to the residence not oily of the works but also to the madame of the manager of the firm. During the operate...a of the prisoner lend his assistant they were covered end cascaded by the extensive crinoline o f their female oienpanioo, but the officers coming up their work was interrupted. The female escaped ; the mooed man also secured a retreat, but the priaooer was take. on the spot, sod after a desperate resistance, in which he attempted to stab both the officers with a gimlet, was conveyed to the polies station. The jury convicted the prisoner of attempting to commit a burglary. The pawner was agate indicted for being found by night in the possession of housebreaking implements. The evidence io this cues we. a repetition of that adduced in the former, sod disclosed that when the prisoner wee apprehended he dropped a *nary, sod on being searched when in custody other housebreaking tools were found on his person. The jury found the prisoner Guilty on the woad chum and in reply to questions put to the °Steers in attendance, it wee proved that the prisoner had already been con victed and sentenced to ten yeas' penal servitude for burglary. The Common Serjeent now sentenced bum at the two convictions to penal servitude far tee yearn. (Before Mr. Cloramiesioner Kerr.) THE ALLEGED INDECENT ABEAULT AT THE OPERA. Mr. John Cairns, a young guidons& of highly respectable appearance, surreudared is duabarge of hie bail to newer an ind.canalot charging him with an indecent smash liens two young gentlemen named GISV•11 suld Hamilton, on the 15th July last. Mr. Giffaril (with whom was Mr. F. H. Lewis) appeared for the prosecution ; sod Mr. Huddlemone, Q.C. (specially retained), with Mr. Sleigh sad Mr. hoyden, appeared for the defames The owe was of • painful character. The prolocutors were at the Royal halms Opera-hones. l.oveot-garde•, on the evening of the 15th July last, and whilst witnessing the performaaces alleged they were anbjected to indecent at tacks by the defendant. At last the prosecutor Graves Aired the defendant by the boiler, and kicked him out of the theatre, wheel the latter pee him is charge to • policeman for the assault, Graves destinies to make any charge. The details are too disgusting for publication: Mr. Huddlestone made an eloquent appeal to the jury on behalf of the defendant, and osatended that the whole &eau arose out of an entire mistake. Among the witnesses examined to the defendant's cha racter were Sir Charles Anderson, of Leopark, near (hiss borough ; Mr. Watkins, Y.P. for Stockport ; Mrs. Guy, the widow of the defendant's late employer for Mts.. years ; the Rev. Charles Buries, D.D., teeter of all Saints, Man chester. and a host of other sausage of the highest respect ability, all of whom concurred is stetting that the defendant deserved and enjoved the highest character for modesty, moral sad general good conduct. Mr. Commissiocer Kerr summed up the evidence with tle greatest minuteness, sad The jary, after retiring for half an hour, returned into court with a verdict of Nor accompanying their vet. dirt with the expression of their opiaion that owing to the crowded state of the theatre oa the sight is question the preeaure must have been so great that the witoemes for the proescution might have been mistakes. TM verdict Was received with opomo by a crowded auditory. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. , the associated companies wider the azistiog agreemente. ' This matter has received the careful attention of the direc tors both of the Cornwall company sod of the associated conspaeies, who have met and takes the subject into con adenoma. ; and they have usaniu.ously agreed to MOM awed an arrangemeat whereby the Coro wall company will be enabled, under its own acts, to provide for the defi ciency up to this time by a farther issue of capital. The deficiency in revenue has hitherto been met by an apps pristion of Cornwall capital; but the Lament so appropriated bang now required for payment of the met of completion the hoe to Falmouth, it has become necessary that it should be repaid or replaced to capital. An arrangement has therefore beau provisionally adopted, under the 'deice of counsel, the ultimate effect of which will be that the Cornwall company will issue a further amount of preference stock, as their powers enable them to do, the proceeds of which me to be applied in making good the above deficiency and the 90,0001. already advanced by the associated cool panic., of which AMOS. was advanced by the Bristol and ' Exeter mammy ; the interest on such new stock, not ex ' reeding 411 per cent., to be guaranteed by the associated ! emirates an tbe proportions defined by the Imre of the Cornwall hoe. The total amount of the Nock that may be so issued and guaranteed is 149,6001. It is also proposed that the associated companies shall rpm mites in like proportions, the interest on the debentured; ; (which may be usual to the extent of 82,960:11.) authorieed by the Cornwall Act of 1861. On the greater part of this amount, although borrowed on unguarenteed debentures, the Cornwall company have had to pay 5 per cent. ; sod it in anticipated that under the guarantee of the associated companies, future loans on debenture can be obtained at a lowa rate, to the advantage of the immolated companies as well as the Cornwall company. This arrangement has been agreed to by the boards of the Great Western, South Devon, sad Bristol and Faster, as the associated companies subject to confirmation by the shareholders of the respective companies ; sad a resolution wall be mbinitted to you ac cordingly. It appears to your directors the only mode at present available of obtaining repayment of the advance of 35,0001. already made to the Corn wall company ; sod toss ' much as the guarantee will enable that company to place its ! unissued capital on more advantageous terms, and so pre ', vent the necessity of wiling upon the associated cow -1 ponies for additional advances to meet the de& caucy up to the present time, it appears the most beuencal arrangement that can be made for all parties. In pursues*, of provision in that behalf in the Bristol and Exeter Railway Act, 18M, it is now proposed to awry oat the lotto lion of obtaining more permanent possession of the West Suinereet Ithilitay than is gives by the existing agree ment, which rum for • term of ten years oely from the completion of the Hoe, the railway having been opened for traffic on March 31, 1862. Arrangement. have moodingly bees made for • ham of the bee to the Bristol aid Eider company foe 999 years, on the same terms as ,der the swum agreenient—sunely, the Bristol and Exeter pave; to the West Somermtocmpaayla retail:tam rent of 4,5901. a year (less income lex), or 55 per amt. of the grate receipts !of the hoe whatever is any year they exceed that amount ; and the proposed lease will be submitted for your sanction at the coming umetieg, prior to its execution as required by 'the act. TM new station at St. David's, Exeter, being now complete sod open, the directors are ambled to state the amount of expenditure oo the *Utica itself and on other • works at Exeter rendered seminary by the increased traffic ad by the arrangements with other compotes sow using that station sal psytog feet for such um. ;t appears, from a statement carefully made out by the eagimer, that the bat of the various Dew works at Exeter amounts to 48,2031. 4s Id. ; of which 29.7631. 35. 10d. is for the mew mummer Mottos, including ultimo, waiting rooms, roofs, platforms, carriage landings, engine pate , hydraulic lifts, pa ad water proviso:a, ha, 9,1341. 9s. 4d. for sew goods lures, earthwork, ballasting, smiths' shops, he. ; 2,5841. 7s. fur • exteedoe base in statics yard ; 1,1371. la 4d. for narrow page lime in the make • 1,6,41. 10e. 3d. for goods Inter- Mange died ; 2,1271. lb. id. for sew made rued footpaths ; sad L 482/. 12a. 2d. foe new minim and coke shed, after de ducting the valued the old abed already charged to revenue. SALISBURY •Nle YBJVIL RAILWAY.—Tbe ordi airy half-yearly meeting of the shareholders is this cool palsy sea held yesterday et Unionism, 2, LeadenhaUutreet, Mr. Mangles is the chair. Mr. Notman, the neeretary. read the report, which bee already bear published. The chairman, in moving the adoption of the report, empatii lated the shareholders upon the increasiog prosperity of the line. The laying of the mooed hoe of rails was being rapidly proomded with, and that portion between Bradford Abbas and Yeovil was completed sad open for traffic. The bill promoted by the company for acquiring addi tional Mod sad capital bad passed through parlianseeL The report was adopted, and the dividend of five per cent. per annum ow the preference shares, sad 4 per amt. Per annum oar the ordinary stock, wee thee declared, payable on the 22ed hut A vote of thaake to the chairman coodeded the proceedings. Maraorource Taarrie.—Oue of the last public acts of the late fission was for the better regulates, of the traffic on Widailester•Bridge and for the preveetioe of obstructions thereon. The regalatios of the City traffic will lead to peat improyernoot in the Metropolitan traffic, sad thereby prevent aumeroua accidents. The Commissonmsof her Majesty's Works are now empowered to make by-laws, rules sad orders for regulating the traffic ow Westminster bridge and its approach..• and for a breach thereof the offender to be lieble to a iissalty of 40a., to be recovered under the Polies Act. The bys-laws, Bc., are sot to some ieto force natil 14 days after the publication of the earns in this Lowden Gazette and in the daily newspapers. A RIF/ RAILWAY FOR CHENBIRL—The Hoylake Railway Company are about to commence operations for the construotioa of their Ilse between Beacoarbe Ferry, near Itirisobsed and Hoylake, a pleasant little watering plop near the estuary of the Dee. At the half-yearly meeting of the company, held in Liverpool yesterday, it was stated that steps were being taken to obtain possession of the hied required by the company, and that the usual notion bad been Mood to the lisodowners. The line, which will probably be completed some time neat summer, will be about 71 miles long. There will be a branch from the head of the Great Float, Birkenhead, connected with the Great Western lima It is contemplated to ones the river Dee ultimately, and join the Holyhead lie, at Malty& thus saving a detour of 22 miles between Liverpool and Holy head. The litre is likely to prove very attractive to the people of Liverpool and Birkishead during the summer months, inasmuch as it will bring 'Wile may amen a ember of desirable summer residence& Tits ESTRAWIDINAiIf CHARON or ATTZTAPTINO TO DROWN AN OLD MAX.— Yesterday, Edward Harper, 29, of Yorkotnet, Hackney, cabioetin•ker, William New field, 23, of Eimoreratreet, libereditch, sad Jabs Leopard, 31, of Yost-street. Haringey, care" weft charged at Worakip-strese Policrecoart with sesalting and nearly (bowsaw Mr. Meredith Meredith, chemist, residers is Lemardotreet, ilhoreditch. Henry Harliag sad James Ellis, two bricklayers, Meted that while bathing m Sir George Doekett's easel, at Hack ney Wick, between S and 7 a the precediug evening, they happened to look Mad, sad saw Harper wad Leeward, one a the water sod the other sloes to it, co the Sowing path. They were bolding a haadkorehief which was exteaded heiress thew AD elderly nag the opal:lB4sta t„ was eluding as the bask, deemed, sad looking os at the time. The prisoners eaddealy dropped the Lasdkerchief, and the primmer who was es the beck posited Mr. Meredith into the maid, that. 7ft. or Bft. deep; Harper jumped is upon him, sad, placing his two hands epos his shoulders, he and the other primmer forced him down into the water and held him time for some time. His head was au or moves Mabee below the ea/4m The simmer called oat that it wee shameful to treat as old nuun is that way, sad swam towards them, oe which the two primmer. ohallesged them to fight them, sad got out of the canal laughing, bevies the complaineat is it. He was M the water altogether about tea mutt... Ellis tread to lift Wm out, bat amid sot, os which Sul* got os to the towing-path, sad bas in over grasped him, Ant by the hair sad thee by the collar, aid se pulled him out, isessisible. He was awned to • neighbouring pablichouse, where Mansfield wrung oat his wet clothes, and the others offered kiss drink "to square it." Three railway labeler... who were preemit moo as indignant at the atenes ceauloot that they gave them • goad thraslusg. Thee eat the lip through at coo sad Wakened the eye of the other, and drove theta out of the hemic. Harmer, 166 N, rid, while os duty there with mother rotatable is plain clothes, he saw the prieenen rue past him, followed by • mob at about 60 pence., who were pallier; them with brickbat. sad Moses, and atomise to the 'dame to stop them. Be and the other constable pursued, captured,and haodoaffed Harper aad Leonard. Mansfield followed them. He look theta back to the public-boom., where they found the oomplainastinemoble, ie which state be relocated for half so hour, and they . were obliged to fetch medical madame, to him. All the prteosers appeared to him to be sober, but ow cd thorn became ill is the calla to conentiesce of the rough urge he had reteived from the mob. TN* complaimuit'a count at the affair wet very in complete. He bad met Harper sad Leonard, whom he had home before sad prolessimolly misted, at • public.= where they remained axe time ; they told him they to bathe, and asked him to Like an of their clothes. This he was doing whoa moot them, but he did sot know which, came labial hies, pushed him tato the meal, and held him does ostler the water till be became inesosible, sad he mast have born drowned hat for the first witnemee sasiateoca. He did not wish to prose the charge with severity, as he knew the premien, bat be lad also last from 12a. to 14e.. which he could ill afford, as although • year since be was is very good aliellObSiDDColl, be had lately become much impoverished. Mr. Grave% fur the defaces, was instructed that the whole was the result of pure accident, caused by the haedkerchie4 slipping out of the priaouers' heeds, and urged the improbability of their istastiooally injuring • man wham they knew, sad spirit whoa they could have DO malice or bad helms of say Mad. The treatment they had also received from the mob was so very raven that he hoped that it would be takes into oomideration. Mr. Übe. (the magistrate) could not use that it was so aocuilett, but he did sot think. from the rrideztra, so much miachtef was Wooded as bad resulted from it. It appeared to him to be one of these stated practical joker some people were proem le, sad which should sot be allowed to wisps some punielnset. Mese field seemed to lave had but little to do with it, sad b• might be dacha/ god, but the other primmery he ahead eentirece to • penally of 20.., or is default to • fortaight's imprioannet is the Moose !if Oorreotioe. _ _ A 'woman named McCarthy, residing at 58, Tichileld-atreek Liverpool, has been committed for man slaughter by the Liverpool coroner, her brutality and 'vio lence baring caused the death of her soother, a woman 84 years of ay. GROSVENOR AND WEST•END RAILWAY TERMINUS HOTEL COMPANY. Yesterday the half yearly meeting of the slim,. holders in this company was field at the Grosvenor Hotel, PIMIXIO station ; Major MURRAY i 0 the chair. ' The followin; Is the substance of the report of the (11. rectors : "The profits of the half-year ending the 30th June, amount to 5,298/. 17s. 4d. The receipts of the period question amounted to 18.959/. 104. ' exhibitieg e n ia . crease over the corresponding period of last year of no le es than 4,2071. 9a. 7d. ; a result which cannot fail to 01...1 Esoff al satisfaction, se it incontestably proves that the cm., forts sod appliances of the Grosvenor Hotel are becoming daily better understood and appreciated by the Looking to the fact that 3,0501. has been lent by the tuue to the capital account, and that the sinking and reverie funds should be increased, the directors propose to deal with the available helium in the following meaner; --l o dividend for half-year. at the rate of 5 per cent. per anon,,., free of income tan, 2,3151. ; to added to depreciation /end, 1,151/. 11.. 44.; to added to reserve fund, 6951.11;a; lel. lb to be carried toprofit and lose a balnoc• of 1,249/. lfe. total 5,412/. So 9d." . _ The oumemair, in movie' the adoption of the report, le. gretted that ill-health had aimed the retirement of Cohn,: Morris, one of the members of the board. That was the only subject of regreton which be had to address tbe all else was matter for congratulation. The directors, however, were taking steps to 611 the vacancy caused by the gal l ant colonel's retirement by the election of some gentleman whose premium at the board would be conducive to the lutenist' of the shareholders. It was stated in the report that there had been an increase in their profits, as compared with those for the corresponding Lalf-yea r , th th e extent of 4,2071., arid be was happy to say that the increase still continued; for from • memorandum before him he gathered that the receipts from the is; of July to the present date showed an Magus of 1.2%1.. or nearly 2001. per week as compared with the curreepondi ug period of 1863, which was satisfactory u showing that the public were beginning to appreciate the accommod a ti on which the company afforded them. They had taken ;Lofl ~ from the trade account and placed it to the credit of capitd, and that, with the sum obtained on detenturre, had enab.i them to clear off 5,0001. of their mortgage debt. Dr. RICILLIDB seconded the motion, which wee agreed t). THE POLICE COURT& GUILDHALL, Mr. Hairy ReAheia,;ll7:Wscker• -equate, ooffee-hottse keeper was samnioued under the followag circumstances. Mr. Kuhr, from the office of the City Solicitor, repre sented the Commistioner of Police. Mr. Kirby said the present proceedings were taken under the sth secttue of the Rams!tweet Houses Act, recently passed, and two summa mies Meehan issued against defesd. est for keeptog his house open during the prohibited hours both on the llthaod 12th instant. City Police-sergeant George Few. 44, said be went to the defendant's house on the above days, and boding it open cautioned him. The defendant said he toteuded to keep his house open until the question had bees decided by a magistrate uto what was intended by the new act. There were about eight men in the Imam at the time, all quiet and well behaved. Defendant—How long bare you known me in my Wai mea, arid bow has my bowie been conducted? Witness-1 have known you, for some yean, and beard a complaiot against your house. Mr. Sirby—l am instructed that the house bas always been conducted iu a highly respectable mouser, and that there has been Do complaint against it, but this is a ques tion of law which hu to be decided, and which the defendant would find himself bound to obey. Defendant—My customers are nil railway and market men, and if they could not obtain the refresbineut at the time they required it—that is Mtwara one and four—the business of the market would prevent them getting it after wards. On the passing of the act I addressed the Commie sifter of Police and also the Lord Mayor on the subject, and have only just received his lordship s reply. 11l do not serve my travelling customers during the prohibited hours they will not require it afterwards ; and although I have bean in the same line over thirty years, I slosh have to close my amused give up my liminess altogether. Mr. Alderman Phillips—TlN.» never was an Mateo» that a law was made for the public buret that it did not ne cessarily press upon some individual, and yours sums to be one of these. Dcfeadaus—The police hare the power to gnat special lioness. Mr. Kirby—Yee, beltway for special occasions. Mr. Alderman Phillip—lam sorry that the commissioser in this awe sees DO reason to make an escsptioo. Defeodszt—This act of parliament will not only close my house altogether, but number's's ethers besides. Mr. Alderman Puil bps —I will allow this eummooe to stand in absymme if you will pledge yowled to conform to the set of parliament. . . . . Wei - dant—l will give the required pledge, as I do not wish to break the law, bat it is ruin to tee, Mr. Alderman Phillips—Yon have for so many years oon ductal your business in a respectable mauuer that I have no doubt you will keep the pledge you have given. There have been applications for four other summonses against you for keeping open subsequent to this, bat acting under the belief tbst you will keep your promise I s►all de cline to grant the whole of them. The defendant thou thanked the akiensaa and relived. PIRIWrO ADVILVTOgi —Three boys, the eldest of whom is under 12 years of age—Corso, Mortimer, sad Mudge by name—were on Thursday afterooce missed from Mahan; and with them had disappeared an old boat, belonging to Mr. Wybatt, of Itanscombs, which had bees moored at the Queen s Quay. The boat was not to be seen in the harbour, and the alarm felt was increased by the fact that the lads were believed net to have with them oar, paddle, or redder. The father of the boy Comm, who is chief•hostreaa I. the coast guard service, immediately started across Torbay to Torquay, bat nothing had been seen or heard there of the juirsaile mew. The coustmeation of the townspeople ismeamed, sad Ike anxious father started for Pangstoa. ia the bight of the bay, WINO* he was relieved to lied the boat sad the boys in safety, they barb); been driven is thither. It was fortunate that the wind did not happen to be off the lead, otherwise the helpless youngsters must have 'men carried roved Beery Heed aa4 into the cermet of the English Western Meriting Pert Much uneasiuess and speculation have been caused in Liverpooi by the disappearance of Mr. Charles Howell, as accountant and 'Mete meat, who was the assessor and col lector of goverermat tams for Sirkdale, sad the secretary of the Liverpool Lind °mosey. His liabilities are said to be meadera—from 4.0001. to 8,0001. From isquiries made by our Liverpool correspondent yesterday, it appears that Mr. Howell has left behind him in his office (Adelphr chambers) a document stating that he has sot appropriated say feeds received ors accost of the gownsman taxes ; nog is it believed that be had much I. band of the Lied Company's money. He wee the secretary to several build ing societies. but all the societies which have been me far examined are not involved is loss. except to a trifling extent. Where the defalcatioas lie h i : a e tior Jima et base discovered but an scooustaat has been gni to investigate all the affairs in Mr. Howell's It is conjectured that he has goes to Amorists. RAILWAY Vi 0611 NO Ezrartamt—The total work ing expenses of the railways of &island and Wales hi 1883 unmated to 12,659,61&., spirt 12,050,5811. in 1862 ; of the railways of Bcotkod to 1.617,2011., 'Olin , 15340 66 4 is 1912 ,• and of the railway, of Inland to 750,4121., easiest 697,7721. in 1862. The aggregate for the IJuital Kiogdom Si. thus 15,027,2341. in 1863, spirt 14,268,4091. h 1862. The length of lioe in operation at the close of 1863 was 12,122 mules, and at the close of 1862 11,55'1 miles. The totals gives do not hiclude steamboat, caul, sod harbour expeneas ;and the kers, in 1863 an also exclosive of the working charges of the Osweetry sad Newtown, Cower and Newport, Brecon and Nerdy Tydil Jumatioa, Cork' and Kinsale Junction. Dowlaia, and Hanford, Hay, and Brecon. The ratio of expenses to receipts appears to have bees ramrod last year to 48 per sot., surest 49 per cent. in 1662. The working 'enemies of last year may be analysed as follows : Maintenance of way and works, 1895 per out., spied 1819 per cent. in 1862 ; locomotive pour, 2712 par wet. against 2719 per cent. in 1862 ; repairs and renewals of carriages and wsggoss, 913 per out.. %Mott 8 .71 pet coot. I. 1862 ; traffic charges (coachieg sod merchandise). 2712 per out., mafiosi 2715 per out. in 1862 ; rates and taxes, 410 par teat., against 418 per nest. I. 1862 ; govensment duty, 213 per out., stalest 263 per cent. In 1962; com putation for personal injury, kr., 119 per amt., agsiost 111 per wet. is 1862; oompsewitioe for dowels sad loss of goods, 0'46 per teat., Limiest o'4B per cent. is 1862 ; leod and puluumistary expenses, I'3o per rent., against 114 per omit. is 1862 ; sod miscellaserms, 640 per cut., spinet 612 per emit. ie 1814. How 20 ONTATII • 14111/110.—At a public meeting held at Antwerp a few dus since, see of the speakam, M. Vu Itysvrick, was received with such clamour by some of the parsons that heoonld sot obtain a beariag. Ae socordingly sat does, produced a peck a card i l i a i o a d a asked owe of his aeighlroars to joie him is a genie of part till the noise shouldcues. This humorous expedient the effect of instantatmons4 silencing hie oppounts. wzsr HARTLEPOOL. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the West Hertlepool Harbour sad Hallway Company wee held yes terday at the London Tenni, Mr. H. R. SAXDSLCR, is the chair. The report of the directors, keying been previously issued, was talus es reed. The eget:mug observed that the report commenced with that which was moat interesting to the shareholders, viz., the Mate of the accounts sad of the revenue for the half year. With 'surd to the revenue it bad gm* on steadily improving, the half-year ending 30th June, showing an increase of 11,0001. as compared with the oorrespoodier hall-year of the previous year, sad of more than 20.0001. upon the whole year—thus folly milling the anticipations held out by the board. Still they were not able to divide quite 3 me oust—about 3s. 6d. (see than 3 per cent, per annum Wing all that the revenue afforded for dividend. This arose, in a great measure, from the state of the money market during the half-year. They had given notice of im portant financial arrangements in the payment of primary charges at a time when they were obtaining money as low ea 4j per oent., and the subsequent rise in the value of money had caused the operatious to be much more costly than bad been expected, lied this was the reams that the dividend was not larger. The dividend ant being more than 3 per cent it belonged wider the ant of parliament to the A stock. It amounted with the previous dividend to 21. 18e. 3d., or Is. 9d. lees than 3 per met far the year. The work* of the collieries wu more situ factory than it had been, although the profits were not as good as be could wish ; he had, however. the satisfaction to report that four more of the collieries bad been sold. (Hear, bear.) At first two were put op to auction ,• of them one was sold, but for the other there we. no bid. When the directon first determined to sell the collieries two members of the board, Meows. Bell and Breeden, expressed a desire to become purchasers, and to enable them to do so they re tired from the direction. The two collieries offered for sale lithe first auction were Yap Bank and Spennymoor. For the Page Bank only 12,5001. was bid, and it was bought in. By the conditions of sale the company undertook to procure an extension of the lease of this colliery, the cost of which they found would be 2,500/. After the auction the directors aegotisted with the highest bidders, Mesas. Bell Brothers, sad finally con cluded • sale of the property to them for 20,000 i. • but afterwards, some delay arising in getting the lease extended, it was proposed that the purchasen should imdertake to gm the extension themselves, an abatement being made to them in consideration of the 2,5001. estimated eat thus reducing the purchase money to 17,500/. net, which, seeing that the colliery had Meet produced any profit, and would have required a large outlay to develop it, the board regarded u a very good sale. For the Speonymuor they could not get a bid at the soaks', but they afterwards sold it for 1,500(. to the parties who worked the adjoining collieries. They advertised the Newfield sad linewick Collieries for sale in May, thinking that the Improvements which at that tune had taken piece is the colliery trade would enable them to get a good price. The two properties were put op separately, sod for the Newfield 20,000/. was bid by Mr. La aster, who was, he belieer4 a partner of Mr. Breeden's, and at that price it was knocked down. For the Hoowick, the highest bidding being only 45,1001., it was bought in, bet afterwards a sale was nego- tiated privately with Messrs. Lancaster and Boyd for 50.0001. But there were other advantages besides the amount paid for these properties. In each cue the traffic of the colliery was tied to the line, lied as Mr. Bell had iron works at one end of the lies, while the ooWery was at the other, there would necessarily arise a considerable return from this source. Upon the whole, therefore, the board cooaidered the sales satisfactory, and he hoped the proprietors would be of the same opinion. He had been Naked by a share- bolder why the proceeds of these sales had sot hem carried to the ditsiautioe of capital in the balance-sheet. When the colliery account was closed the receipt' from these colliery males would be carried to mpitaL and deducted from the capital account, but at present it was thought better to keep them as • separate item. The works for the enlargement of the works had progressed satisfactorily during the past half year. and the water had been let into the new dock. The Clevelsd Railway had for the first time paid a dividend—not a large one, for it wee rely at the rata of I per mot per annum, which was, however, so much is addition to their remelts. There was a negotiation in for disposing of that hoe to the North Eastern o g ress Company %moo terms which would give to the West Hartlepool • return of 51 per cent for the capital invested, sad at the same time secure to them traffic facili ties, realising all that was originally contemplated by the construction of the Cleveland line. An act of parliament would be necessary to confirm this arrangement, and to fix the time at which it should come into opera tion ; but as it wee desirable to both parties that there should be as little delay . as *ble, the object might probably be carried out prove by a traffic agreement until the act of parliament could be obtained. In any ease, however, the proprietors would be called together, and the arrangements proposed to be entered into submitted for their approval. It was proposed to convert the ordinary stock into a general consolidated stock, so that is future there should be only one instead of three demnptione of stock. The rate at which the ordinary stock would be con verted was 761. 19e. for each 1001., which on a calculation would he found to be the exact proportion, A resolution to this effect would be submitted, and soother recommending the re-election of Messrs. Bell and Brogden as members of the bout of directors. Sims the last meeting the director, had appointed to a seat at the board Mr. W. S. Onty, a gentleman who possessed great experience, and being an active member of the Durham beech of magistrates, COM nmoded considerable local influents, and they trusted that this appointment would be approved. It would he oamaaary at the present meeting to appoint as auditor in the room of Mr. W. T. Making, who had resigned. In conclusion, he begged to move the adoption of the report. After a long discussion, the motion was pot acid carried unnnimously. The CHARIUN next moved a moieties to reduce the several stocks into a stock of the sem* deoorniaatioo. giving 761. 19s. of consolidated stock for every 1004 of ordinary stook. Mr. Inas seconded the motion, adding that under this arrangement they would stand in a peculiar position, hiss. much u they would base only one stock represeatiog 3,000,0001. of capital sad 1,000,0001. of debt, but without preferences of any kind. It was explained that the holders of the ordinary stock would have the option of pylori up the is. per cut., so as to make the new stock stand at 771. The motion wasps! and carried. A resolution apmoviss of the proposal of the directors to reelect Mr. Bell and Mr. Braided as members of the board was thee propceed, it being explained that it was of the utmost Importance that Mr. Brogclisa, wbo possessed important qualificatioss is Menem to the aegotistioss as to the Cleveland line, should be on the beard. The present number of directors was five, and the maximum number sea sine. Dntoiru objected to persona haring seats at the board who lied a personal interest in the carriage of goods over the lino, sad mond that the raceacies in the direction be sot filled up until the mann of February next. This sot being pomaded, the criginal monoa was put and carried, with four direatieca. Mr.7,Y. MI, of the firm of Wife, mid Bali, was eleetad to Um rummy is the aoditorship. A sots a/ thauski to the dramas ooteladed tb. boMomm BRISTOL AND EXETER. The report of the directors shows that within the half-veer, 66.6281. of preference stock has been lamed, sod 144,7451. of debentures paid off sad sot re-issued, showing • reduction of 78,1171 on the total melba receipts, which amount to 4,168,7=. Ba. 2d. at June 30, 1864, es compared with 4,246,8391. 6s. 2d. at December 31. 1863. The *spec diture of capital in the half-year (after crediting sales of surplus lands and timber) has been 28,323/. 18a. 23, ear denims of which are stated on the hoe of the amount. The total capital expeoditure Jun 30 is 4,005,2594 16s. 4d., leaving a baleen of 163,4621. lls. 10d. to credit. The par ticulars of th e debenture debt are given in the more detailed Asbestine account now added. The greater part of the 144,7451. which has bees paid off or exchanged for pre fereoce stook, bore interest at 4i per cent. ; and no sew debentures have been issued at more than 4 per cost. The average rate of Pithead on the debentures at Jun 30 is 41. Oa. SO. or 4035 par cent., basis( been 41. 2s. 2d. or 4109 per cent. at December 31, 1863. Siete the kat report, 59.6941. of the DOW 4j terminable pre ference stock has been issued, mostly at • premium of 21 per not. Of the whole amount (336,0001.) of that stuck, 326,8941. has sow bees issued, leaviag only • balance of 9,1061., which out be issued from tune to time when applied for, on the awns terms of 2 per cent. premium. In the revenue account a considerable item for interest re ceived from bankers is entered, arising chiefly from the amounts »mired for this stock and throned until required for Ito. The traffic receipts for the half-year amount to 162,7731. 12a. 74., se against 158,0911. Its. 9d. for Joes, 1863, showing an thereon of 4,6811. 16s. 10d. The worlds, expanse amount to 795771. 16e. 5d., as ening 80,6191. 19e. 11d. for Jun, 1863, showing a reduction of 1,0421. 3s. 6d., the working expenses of the hell-yen being 48'69 per cent. of the receipts, as againat 50.99 per cent. at 30th June, 1863. The total receipts from all sources for revenue account for the half-year, including the balance of 3,5111. 17s. 4d. from previous half-year, amount to 179,3851. 10d. ; and the total expeediture of all kiwis (except debenture and preference interest) amounts I. 82,820. 3s. 23., giving a balance of 96,5621. 15a Bd. ; out of which has been paid, for debenture interest 18,1061. 13s. Bd., and for interest on the preference stocks 28,4061. 6s. 3d. ; making together, 46,5131. 19a. lid. paid for Interest. This thane an available balance of 30,0481. 15e. 9d. ; out of which the directors recommend that a dividend os the original stock be declared psyabla as sth September, at 010 rate of 41 per cent. per sauces for the half year. This divideed, os 2,022.4001. of stock, will amount to 45,50517 a. keying a baleen of 4,5431. Bs. 9d., to be carried to next account The dividend for the corresponding period of 1863 was at the rated 4 per eget. per annum, and the bathos then carried forward 1,5961. 3a. The result of the half-year affords, therefore, a satisfactory oomperien with that of Ye penises peritd. The het half-yearly report adverted to the deficiency in the revenue of the °unwell line (which, although sufficient to meet working expeeses and detesters interest, has been hitherto inufficiest to discharge is full the littered on the preference sham capital), sad to the possibility of that deficiency having to be provided for by MARKETS. TALLOW.—Winireankr Evmaa.—Tbe market .14 Quiet to-day. Spot, 41a. 6d. to 41e. 9d. ; October t December, 43e. 6d. ; December, 44e. ; Jaemary to 11 , 44e. 6d. to 44e. 3d. Delivery to last evening, 240 cask , arrivals, 5 casks. COTTON.—Livraroot, AUGUST 17.—We bare had fair eoquiry to-day, and a steady market, without chao;l in pram The taloa are 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 are for export and oprealation. CORN.—Banns, ACCIONT 17.--Our market day has been slow, at last week's rates. A few new samples of white wheat fetched 41s. to 43e. 6d. ;no red. Beans, 406. to 11,. Old oats, 245. per 12 stows ; new, 21s. to =a. per 12 stoner. New pees, what*, 36e.; old, 365. to 38a. Guarlow. AtlOOBT 17.—m. bulk of our supplies of wheat wed flour emotions to he derived from Canada and the Auseriase states. the wesk's arrivals thane comprising 9,9 , 0 qrs. and 11,279 barrels respectively, together with 1162 qrs. peas. The only other import from abroad consist' of • mrcn of barley from France. The weather during the week having bun uninterruptedly fiee and warm, the crops hue made rapid preemies towards maturity. To-day the tem. parents is much molar. Few traireactions occurred stn, the dater of our last circular, and where sales of wheat were effected prices favoured beyso.. In flour there was variation. Spring corn ruled steady. To-day the market was thinly atteaded, and exempt is American wheat, for which there was a fair inquiry at about 3d. per boll redac• tires. little bruiser resulted. Flour firm at late rater f barrels, but sacks were offering rather cheaper. fully as dear. Oats 3d. to 6d. lower. Ost.neal slow Bean; peas, end Indian corn unaltered. CATTLE. --Sourital.L. AoooBll' 17. —Bellen made a prettt good asthma* to-day at the 1 • roam : —Beef made from 3s. 4d. to tia. ; mottos, 4a. to 3e. 8.1. ; lamb, 64. to 6a. Bd.; void, 44. 4d. to ha ; pork, 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. pc atom, of 81be., 'Minn the offal. LILATHEIL—AUGUBT 17.—The transactions in leather during the part week have boon about as average in artist without alteration in prices. at Leadoaliall on Totals! there was a mail supply of hub gooda, the "and for all descriptions of leather was Light Enshal butts, drawing hides. 30th sad nadir, die:alders. bellies. and calf akins were the articles most in niquart. COALS.— Loatoa, itua. 17.—Byeat's Sateid•Waat Hatt. ley, 18s. 3d. ; Lambert's West Hart/sy, ,• North Palma Goa, 13e. 9d.; Walls Lad Haricot, 17s. ; Elk. Nate, 17s. 6d. ; Wgla Sod Now Beelmook 17e. 6d. ; Walls Bad Breddylle Hatton. 17a, 9d. ; Walla Bad Botts% 19a. ; Walls Ead South Hatter, 19a. ; Walls Eod prop, 19e. ; Walls Pad Emotion. 16s. ; Wens ESA Hartlepool, 18a. 9d. ; War End Leash Hall, 18s. ; Walls lad Keno*. 16 1 . ; Wall. Eel Booth Hartlepool, 17n 9d. ; Wells End South Kailas, No —Ships at market, 47 ; said, 38. TRAFFIC RETURN& Mei Pr- Mr- otal. Tote. ILAILWATS. opts Mw ellettlat lr lett WIL Week end lag June li IL 4 4 t Groat 144115 a Perassule .. 148 4.t 5 4101 0,139 11,111 tkelreWeek GeV= 4. 47adlillajast is Gret youtru at thaida - 4,310 8,031 1108.1 8,687 swum North &mans is TAU 6,114 waaa sonny Avail 1S thsorktk ma lha& lllll 11l SO IEO le) Unsonek and 1 Waterford and Waterford and liworiek ET SW 011 LON LOW Weak medlar. Anna M. Cornwall — lASI in 1.013 1.374 byes/ inalarn - WSW/ 12.7/0 Wirt 36.6 6 Gnat 16faat26n MT 11.811 18,008 8160/7 111,013 Lsetealdra & Torlobly* 6Oll te.an 12,746 46,322 40,110 LOINS& awl Inadcwall Woke I lian4Wealarsll6l4 *MD UAW 114104 ULM Woks t South Weston 13,504 4110 /4134 lianobaster. lnaelSald. and Usoolnehlre North %affordably* Boat& Devon Water Quango-coons Rsorosszt.—An enthusiastic cor responder( (ex prowess wide weeder that we have sot, "Lk' all the rest of the press," praised the ChaMog-orass Hotel Con. peny's " pretty ides' at Bettis( ap a restoration at Cheri's. AIM (the area of the aberrant perhaps), is free of dim hotel. Well, the fast is we are sot bound to speak of every thing sad as we warble to go with " the test of the press "is thin isseasce, we were contested to say nothing. It assess to ass 'mistake in two wale, pretty as the ides LL If Ottaiiisg-croes is to be restored at has so business cm this spot, mikes it is to be reprded merely as •ma ; and is the mat pima it is filileg ap spies when there is nom to spare, aad will be famed a animist before lon. It will doubtless be dose wsLL ; the rate of the architect directing it is se/West assurance of that ; bat, like the Wellington Cloak TOWN' et Ledo bridge, its removal is merely a quoins of ties.—builder. 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