The Sun. — London, England, 1858-08-23 00:00:00

Tile proprietors of this railway held their half-yearly smeetiug on Friday, at York. Mr. 11. S. Thompson, the chairman, presided. The report, an abstract of which has appeared in the Morning Post, was taken as read. The CHAIRMAN moved that the report be received and adopted. He attributed the falling off in the traffic to a stagnation of trade, and the less travelling consequent upon it; but he expressed confidence in the soundness of the un efertaking and a large increase of receipts when trade revived,. Along with a decrease in the receipts they had reduced the expenses, though {here bad been no starving, and they bad kept up their stock in a thoroughly effective manner. The receipfs in the past half-year had been some what larger than in the corresponding half-year of 1856. There were many things, such as the improvement of the Thirsk and Darlington stations, &e., which the directors prop , sed to effect, but they had been postponed on account of the check in their receipts, and on account of the high rate at which they had to borrow money. The shareholders must not expect them to close the capital account : but the directors would not recommend them to undertake any new works which they did not think would bring in a good return. When the depression in trade had passed he be lieved they would resume their usual rate of increase. It was a fact that the northern district of the country was generally the latest to feel any groat depression in trade, and it was the latest to get out of it. Other companies exhibited a considerable falling off in their traffic before this company did, and their receipts had not re covered as quickly as some other companies. At the same time, looking at the bountiful harvest they saw in the fields and stackyards, and at the favourable signs in several branches of trade, be thought the time was not far distant when they sh mid expect their receipts fully to equal and to go beyond what they bad received in past years. (Applause.) During the last session there were acts ob'ained for—he was going to say—some of the most absurd schemes. This was an evil which was going on at this mo m ent,remed and be thought it was worth while to seek to apply a y. For this purpose . meetings had been held in London, and resolutions adopted, and he should ask this meeting to strengthen the bands of the various railway companies in this matter, by expressing their approval of the resolutions adopted in Landon, so that they might bring about a more rational state of things, which would be to the advantage of the public at large, as well as the shareholders in railway companies in particular. He solicited the aid of the press and the public, submitting that grea'er benefits were to be derived from a company paying 5 per cent. than from two companies, each of which was only paying 21 per cent. (Applause.) Several shareholders opposed the proposition that this company should assist the new Derwent Iran Company at Consett by allowing the dues on traffic which may accrue during the next two years to remain unpaid, but be secured by mortgage, to the extent of g,5 , ?,000. Some discussion took place, and the report was ultimately adopted. Time dividend resolution was next carriel ; also a resolu tion as to the Derwent ironworks, approving the recom mendation, and a motion to the effect that the resolutions passed in London on the 10th inst. at the meeting of repre sentatives of railway companies be approved, and that the directors be authorised to confer with other railway com panies in endeavouring to have them carried into effect. After a vote of thanks to the chairman, the meeting was dissolved. RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. MEETINGS OF OF THE WEEK. `i he whole of the following are ball-yearly : THIS DAY—North and South-Western Junction, London Tavern, at 1; Epsom and Leatherhead, 28, Great George street, at 1 ; Ambergate, Nottingham, at 1 ; Wimbledon and Dorking, 28, Great George-street, at 2. TO-MORROW—Tilbury and Southend, London Tavern, at 1 ; South Devon, Plymouth, at half-past 1 ; Waterford and Limerick, Waterford, at 12 ; Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee, Edinburgh, at 1. WEDNESDAY—Maryport and Carlisle, Maryport, at half past 12 ; North Devon, Gresham-house, at 12 ; Whitehaven Junction, Whitehaven, at 12 ; Forest of Dean Central, Newnbaro, at 2 ; West Cornwall, Penzance, at 3. ußsDAY—Bristol and Exeter , Bristol, at 12 ; \\late haven and Furness, Whitehaven, at 12; Coniston, Barrow n-Furness, at 2. FRlDAY—Stockport and Disley, 2, Leadenhall-street, at 12; Norfolk, London Tavern, at 1 ; Great Western and Brantford, 07, Great George-street, at 11 ; West-End of Loudon, 27, Great George-street, at 2; West Loudon, Lon don Tavern, at 1. SATURDAY—DubIin a nd Wicklow, Dublin, atl ; Dundee and Perth, Dundee, at 1. NORTH-EASTERN. SOUTH DEVON. The following is the report which will be submitted to the shareholders at the half-yearly meeting on Tuesday next : " The half-yearly accounts to the 30th June show a balance of £15,533 ls. 6J. applicable to dividends, and the directors propose the following appropriation of the amount :- 1. Annuities, half-year ending Ist Sept., 1858 . . 1,5,070 10 11 2. Dividend on new shares, do. 3. Dividend on additional shares, do. 4. Dividend on consolidated stock, £1,469,425, at 1 per cent. per annum Balance to credit of the current half-year 345 5 5/ £15,583 1 6 In comparing the dividend now recommended on the con solidated stock with that of the corresponding period of last year, it will be recollected that the disposable balance has now to be distributed over a larger amount of capital, and that in January, 1857, nearly £3,000 more than is brought forward in the present accounts had been contributed from a previous half-year in aid of the dividend then declared. The total receipts of the half-year, including £47,174 ss. 3d. from passenger, and £13,943 ls. 10d. from goods trains, amount, with other miscellaneous items, to £61,531 65., against £64,759, to the 30th of June, 1857. The decrease in the passenger traffic has been E. 2,072 ss. 5d., and in the goods traffic £1,193 9s. 3d. This difference, although not more than might have been exp2ctrd to follow the commet cial difficulties with which the last year closed, is, nevertheless, to some extent also attributable to the exceptional traffic in 1857, attending the agricultural show of that year at Newton. The working expenditure has amounted to £34,151 19s. 16d., as compared with £34,783 19s. Old. In 1857. The directors have not considered it right to meet the falling-off in receipts of the half-year by corresponding reductions of establishment or of general expenses, believing the diminution to be but temporary, and the expenditure to be upon a scale not more than is requi site for the efficient working of the line, and for that progres sive Increase of traffic which may reasonably be expected. In deed, the cost of additional train accommodation on the upper part of the line, which is charged throughout the past half year, bad only partially to be included in the accounts of June, 1857; but the extent to which the public have availed themselves of that accommodation has fully justified the additional expenditure. The reopening of the Sutton Har bour branch has also added an expense beyond what was incurred in the first half of last year. The directors have issued £35,000 of the additional share capital created by resolution of the meeting of the 9th July, 1857. The re maining £65,000 is still open to subscription. In the report of February, and again at the Wharncliffe order meeting of the 13th May, the directors referred to the damage sustained by the Plymouth Great Western Docks in the storm of October last, and to the bill which was then before Parliament, for facilitating (amongst other objects) arrangements with this company, If the dock directors should not succeed in providing otherwise for the protection of their property and of their interests concerned in it. The proposal to afford temporary aid to the docks during the progress of the bill, and of the negotiations then contemplated, having been approved of, the Dock Company have been enabled, with the assistance thus rendered, to resume their crdinary business; but they have still heavy liabilities to meet, and must look forward to a further out lay of capital before their works can be deemed secure from damage by storms. The alterations made in the Dock Act, 1858, in its course through Parliament, have not tended to facilitate the eventual arrangements which had been pro posed; tain the means of meeting their difficulties, independintly altogether of this company. In order to allow all reason able facility for their attaining this most desirable result, further negotiation between the two boards on the subject above referred to are for the present in abeyance. In the meantime steps are taken as opportunity occurs to strengthen the position of this company in regard to the securities upon which advances have been made—as well with a view to the prosecation of further negotiations, if necessary, as to any alternative arrangements which circum stances may call for. The Tavistock line is reported to be advancing very satisfactorily; and, anticipating now its early completion, the directors have appropriated about £7,000 of the new capital to the purchase of additional rolling stock, which will be required to work that line and to meet any increase of traffic that may result from the opening of the Cornwall Railway, which also may be expected early in next year. The lessees of the Cornwall Railway have been in negotiation for the locomotive working of that line by the contractors who now work the South Devon line, and these parties have made overtures with a view to a modification of the existing contract with this company. Their proposals are under the consideration of the directors, but the question is not yet sufficiently ripe for mare specific report. The works of the Dartmouth and Torbay Railway have ben commenced, and the directors have to report that, under the authority con ferred by the rpecial meeting of the 18,h of May, the re quirements of the Board of Ti ade for provisionally opening that line for goods traffic before tie completion of the entire railway, have been satisfactorily met. This company reserve the eption not to work the goods traffic on partial openings of the line, unless called upon to do so by the Board of Trade—in which case. 371 per cent. of the receipts from that traffic will be retained for working expenses when the line IC opal to Paignton only, and 814 per cent. when it is open to Courston Ferrero. The deed of agreement, under seal of the two companies, is now before the Board of Trade for approval." SOUTH DEVON AND TAVISTOCK. The following report will be submitted to the shareholders a t the half-yearly ordinary meeting, to be held on Wednes- _, day azxt:— lly their half-yearly a your directors, in presenting ed in being enabled to state that the shsreholders, are gratifi ed progress has been made, during Past six months, in report to great the ROTIK4 on the line. The bill Sub mi tte d the last, for powers , increase of git the extraordinary meet IPiarliament, iogon thel9 , b N t" the shwelwide" to lease to the South Devon Railway Company, capital, and other purposes, bas passed thr P eu a and received the royal assent July 12, 1858. e . ase to the and ' w n iln co South Devon Company will forthwith beprepared ance with the agreement with that company, accord before the shareholders for their approval. The thre e laid -have declared 147 shares in this company held by Pet=: v?b,i have become insolvent, or quitted the country, for fei!eu' for non-payn3ent of calls. The shareholders will be invited. at the meeting to confirm the forfeiture of these shares, t: nd to authorise their cancelruent, under the powers of th e ne,'.lct. To supply the amount of these shares, and provide for it. ' ' e completion of the works, the directors will submit to the stareholders resolutions for raising part of the capital anti lorised by the new act. The director propose thatb: the i nn ' t edixteisgue of new sh a r es be limited to 520,000, t that the a, 'bole additional capital be at once created, and they , r -commeL 'd its creation with a preferential dividend, for which resciuti o ,. 's will be submitted to the meeting." MONKLAND. The twenty-first h. Nil-yearly general meeting of the share ' holders of the Monich c,Ni Railways Company was held within • the el:ninny's chamt ,eta in West Regent-street, Glaggow on Frfoiey. The atten danzle was not large. Mr. John Bain, of Morrl'aton, chairma aof ti;!1 company, occupied the chair. The SEVRETARY r lead the ndvercisement calling the meeting; Iter which the minutes of last meeting were read, approved of, and confi mined. Mr. Bu lEss made is few remarks on the irrtgulatity R( which had L vurred inrrtlie election of p director at last meeting. He hoped the case would in no future instance be used as a precedent. Tile CHAIRMAN, in moving the adoption of the report, said that, in common with everytother company in the king dom, they had to lament the falling offof the revenue during , the last half-year. They were partly recovering their posi tion, aed he bad no doubt that from the improvement in teade they would soon arrive at their former state of prosperity. It would be seen from the figures that the decrease was not very great, all things taken into con sideration. The revenue accounts now submitted, com pared with the corresponding accounts of last year, showed a decrease of £2,072 ls. Ild. With reference to the progress which was being made In the new lines going on, the eastern portion bad been laid, and he expect ed that the first contract would be finished in the month of September. The cattings had commenced en the Craigmill branch to the western extremity, and it was expected that it would sosu be all made. In regard to the second contract, the works had been begun to the west end of the branch, and a constderable revenue would be derived from the iron-stone in the district. They would commence carrying for.the Coltness Iron Company in a short time, and thus revenue would be derived from the extremities of the Hoe before the whole was opened. The chairman concluded by saying he would be glad to answer any question put by the shareholders. In reference to that part of Mr. Johnstone's report which spoke about the re-laying with new rails of the Bo'ness branch, Mr. Burgess asked when the branch was opened, and being answered that it was in 1851, expressed his surprise that new rails were needed already. The CHAIRMAN said that the bad state of the rails was mentioned at the last meeting. It was principally through the unsatisfactory way in which the contractor had made the line. Mr. BURGESS —Did you make any claim on the con tractor for the uasatisfactory condition of the line? The CHAIRMAN —Unfortunately it was taken off the contractor's bands by the engineer. Mr. BURGESS called the attention of the board to two or three matters of little importance, after which the adop tion of the report was agreed to. CUTTING THE FIRST SOD OF THE KNIGHTON RAILWAY. The cutting of the first sod of the Knighton Radnorshire Railway, which branches from the Craven Arms station on the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, was performed on Thursday by Lady Jane Walsh, wife of Sir J. B. Walsh, Lord Lieutenant and M.P. for the county. In 1854 a number of gentlemen projected the Central Wales Railway, from the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, near the Craven Arms, via Knighton, Penybont, Llandrindod, and Llanwrytd Wells, passing near the towns of Builth and Rhayader to Llandovery, a distance of 53 miles; and thence down the Vale of Towy, so as to connect Milford Haven with Manchester and the north of England by a junction with the South Wales Railway, near Carmarthen; and likewise to connect Swansea and its copper-smelting works with Liverpool and the manufacturing districts, by a junction with the Lianelly Extension Railway at Llandilo; thus offering one direct and unbroken line of traffic from the German Ocean to the Atlantic, across the centre of England and Wales. The Knighton section of this undertaking was formally inaugurated on Thursday. The line, commencing by a junction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford Railway, near Craven Arms station, and passing near the villages of Clungunford, Bucknell, and Brampton Brian, winds along the course of the beautiful valley of the Teme to a point convenient for its extension, in the immediate vicinity of the angular-looking little town of Knighton. There are no engineering features of particular interest or difficulty. The gradients and curves are easy and favourable, and through the entire length (12/- miles) the scenery is most beautiful. Mr. Henry Robertson, the engineer of the Shrewsbury and Chester line, is the engineer of this line, in conjunction with Mr. Maclean. Mr. Robertson anticipates the opening of the line in 18 months. The contractors are Messrs. Brassey and Field, who have undertaken to con struct it for about £5,000 per mile; the total cost, including land, being estimated at 0,500 per mile. The cutting of the first sod was celebrated with great spirit by the inhabi tants of Knighton, in which town the most active promoter of the line, Mr. R. Green, resides. Lady Jane Walsh, Sir John Walsh, Bart., M.P., Sir G. C. Lewis, Bart., M.P., Lady Langdale, Hon. R. W. Clive, M.P., Sir A. R. Boughton, Bart., and a large number of the principal inhabitants of the district walked in procession shortly after noon to the place appointed, and the ceremony o f turning the sod was performed by Lady Walsh with due ceremony amid the cheers of the assembled thousands. In the afternoon nearly 500 ladies and gentlemen sat down to luncheon, at which the Hon. R. W. Clive, M.P., presided. In proposing "The landowners on the line," Sir G. C. Lewis said that those who, unfortunately, like himself, could re member the Lfirst introduction of railways, and those who had read accounts of the time, would agree with him that there was scarcely any great invention ever accom panied with more sinister prophecies, er with greater ap prehensions from the localities to be traversed than the introduction of railways. It was the object of every land owner to drive the railway from his estate. It was believed that they would spoil the face of the country, which would exhibit the appearance of an enormous gridiron. The scene which they bad witnessed that day was in one of the most picturesque spots in England, and he rejoiced to think that those beauties would be rather enhanced than injured by the introduction of a railway. He regretted mach that Parliament had not shown a very paternal regard for rail ways, which when not made by this, with only one object, were subjected to many disadvantages, and which had undoubtedly encouraged a competition inimical to the rail way interest. Mr. Macaulay, one of the oldest railway directors in the kingdom, said he did not see any reason, when the scheme was completed, why the fertile valley of the Terne should not become a large manufacturing district like the valley of Todmorden. The proceedings of the day closed with- a ball, which was numerously attended, the party not breaking up until past midnight. OFFICIAL TRAFFIC RETURNS. EA.STIRN COUNTIES, NORFOLK, AND EASTERN lINION.—Week eliding Aug. 15 :- Passengers, &c. Goods, &c. ...215,580 17 7 ~, 9,631 8 7 Total X25,212 6 8 Corresponding week of last year X 21,099 8 8 GREAT NORTHERN.—Week ending Aug. 8 : Passengers, &c. Goods 9,443 17 5 Total! £23,708 16 5 Corresponding week of last year 225,077 6 9 GREAT WESTERN.—Week ending Aug. 15: — Total traffic £35,448 19 5 Corresponding week of last year 233,653 14 0 LONDON AND Soutn-WEsTEnx—Week ending Aug. 15:— Passengers £16,204 12 10 Goods 3,781 6 5 Total 519,93519 8 LONDON, TILBURY, AND SOUTHEND ExTzNoort.—Week ending Aug. 8 : Passengers Goods -22,516 0 0 ~. 108 0 0 Total £2,714 0 0 Corresponding week of last year 22,227 0 0 LONDON AND BLACKWALL.—Week ending Aug. 15:-- Passengers 21,663 15 0 Goods 93 6 6 Total £1,759 1 4 Corresponding week of last year L 1,652 19 0 NORTH LoNuoN.—Week ending Aug. 15: — Passengers, &e ,21,7•29 15 8 Goods, SEc. Total 22,645 3 10 Corresponding week of last year 22,550 19 11 LONDON AND NORTH WRSTERN.—Week ending Aug. 15 Passengers, ie. £38,340 0 0 Goods, ,to. ~.£65,418 0 0 Corresponding week of last year...X7o 201 0 0 These returns include (both for the present and corresponding week) the traffic of the Buckinghamshire and North Union Lines, but not the traffic of Huddessneia Canal, Shropshire Union, Pre• ton and Wyro, South Junction, and Manchester and Buxton Rail ways. 0111CSTInt AND UOLYITEAD. Week onding Aug. 15: — Passengers, &c. £4,655 0 0 Goode, &c. Total Corresponding week of thst year £7,071 0 0 This includes the steamboats and Mold and Caernarvon Branches. EAST ANGLIAN.—Week ending Aug. 8: Passengers, &C. £426 6 9 Goods, &c. 432 2 5 Total MI 9 2 Corresponding week of lust year £BBl 7 11 LANc "nntx AND YORXeDIEE.—Week erding Aug. 15:— Passeng,ers, die. £13,194 0 0 Goods 15,112 0 0 Total £28,326 0 0 Corresponding week of last year 228,293 0 0 This includes the Blackburn line treble. EAST LaNcAsninz.—Week ending Aug. 5 . Passengers, &O 23,507 0 0 Goods Total 27,529 0 6 Corresponding week of last year 27.516 This includes the Blackburn line traffic, 0 0 LOICAsTEII Ceausr,g, Bw.—Week endivg Aug. 8: Passengers and parcels Goods, &c. 2,924 12 1 ---- Tota►l £B,ISI 5 7 Corresponding week of last year 23,171 ld 2 BRISTOL AND EXETER (117 nines opon.)—Week enclitic Aug. 8: — Passengers, &c. £3,501 5 11 Goods Total EXI:TF.II AND CREDITON—Week ending S 5 5 : Passengers Goods, &c 64 16 1 Total £2111; 10 ITANCIIXSTEIt, Boum JUNCTION. AND ALTRINCIIAM.--.9reek eniing Aug. 15:- Total traffic 1907 S Corresponding week of last year —21,32 3 1 MiNcuzszka., flitErrieLn. Air') Idrlcomisnitut Week ending Aug. 17): Passengers and parcels £4,911 9 2 Goods, Sic 5,593 16 11 Total 210,535 6 1 Corresponding week of last year 210,937 13 9 This return includes half of the Manchester South Junction and A.ltrincharn receipts; Grimsby Dock duties. ; and Chesterfield Canal receipts. BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNCTION.--Week ending Aug. 15:— Passengati, &c. _ Goods £1,677 0 0 1,058 0 0 Total • 22,735 0 0 Corresponding week of last year... 23,103 0 0 IfinwiD (5t7 ) miles open).—Week ending Aug. 15 : Pasieuxers, parcels, &c 215,552 1 10 Goods, am, Total £4,521 5 10 Co rresponding week of l as t year , 4 , 3 3 2,717 19 10 NzwcAsms AND CARLISLE—Week evilly g Aug. 7 :-- Passengers £1,53015 0 Goods 2,b38 7 1 Total £3,575 2 1 Corresponding week of last year 23,931, 0 4 LONDONDERRY AND EIINISK A ILZ . N I4 (6 :_ O ralle3 open).--Week ending Passengers, Goods, &e• 8410 13 3 320 13 6 Total £73l 11 9 Corresponding week of last year 2763 12 6 BELFAST AND BALLTAIENA (65 miles open).—Week cuffing Aug. 14: — Passengers ......................... £92S 18 2 432 13 9 aoOds .. ............... Total .......... . ...... , ............... 21,361 11 11 CorrosponcliDg week of ILIA year.„41, 3 9 1 14 THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1858. ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE, NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—LivEItrooL, AUG. 21. (Before Mr. Baron Martin.) PARIt V. LIESKETII.—SEDUCTION. of certain notices which were tequired to be given under the act of Parliament, &c. Mr. Collier, in:opening the case, said theplaintiff ,, , Messrs. Garton and gtone, were the well-known public carriers, and they had brought the pnient action against the Great We ?tern Railway Company, for a number of overcharzes made by them in contravention of the act of Parliament under the power of which they fnade their charges. He should be able to show beyond queotion that the charges were ille gal, and more than that, that the company knew them to be illegal, and that every one of the pleas which his learned friend had read were false. The Great Western Railway Company had set itself systematically to work to ruin the carriers, in order ; hat it might get all the carrying business into its own hands. Messrs. Garton and Stone and other . earners had often been driven to bring actions against them, but they paid money into court, managed to get the ques tions driven over ti a reference, and then wore out the plaintiffs with costs upon the principle of letting the longest purse prevail; and the amount of illegal profit which the company managed to exact from the carriers was actually more than enough to recompense It all the costs of litiga tion. So far as the Great Westcrn Railway Company, there ftre, was concerned, the case was an exceedingly bad one, while as it affec!ed the plan:lift it was most wicked, for although able and willing to devote all their energies to their business, they were nreveated from carrying it on un less at a loss, which, unless the law protected them, must prove utterly ruinous to them. The railway company was authorised to make its charges by an act of Parliament, the 10th and 11th Vic., c. 226, 5.49, which empowered them to make certain charges, and it was by that act that the whole case must be governed. This section fixed the maximum rate foethe conveyance of goods, and the'plaintiffs complained that the company had gone greatly in excess of those charges. By the section of the act in question, the company was em powered to make a reasonable charge for " loading, unload ing, covering, and other incidental expenses," and that was the only _charge which was not specifically fixed. For the description of goods which the plaintiffs had sent over the line, the company was only entitled to charge 21d., or at most 3d. ' per ton per mile, excepting for loading, unloading &c., but had charged in excess of that sum considerably. The learned counsel made a schedule of the goods in respect of which the action had been brought, and explained the legal charges, which he compared with those made in orde to show the overcharge. The third item in the plaintiffs' particulars was a package weighing over 5001b5., for which £1 3s. was demanded, the proper charge being 123. The amount demanded was refused and the goods were detained, which constitute the detinue complained of. He (Mr. Col lier) would tell the jury why the company did all this. The packages contained what were known as packed parcels and parcels addressed to different consignees. Although the parcels might be numerous, they did not give the railway company any additional trouble, and there was no reason why any extra charge should be made in respect of them. But it was only through being able, to pack several parcels in one crate that the carriers realised their profits, and it was to do away with that profit of the carriers—in fact, to ruin them—that the company charged so high. The courts of law had, however, decided that the companies had no tight to charge for packed parcels when exceeding 5001bs. In weight more than for any other parcels; so that there was nothing to justify the overcharges. The company chose, however, to go on charging till the November term, and the amount they would by that time net would tno.e than reimburse them for the present action. Mr. Collier then directed the attention of the court to the case of " Croud v. The Great Northern Railway Company," and went on to say that in estimating the overcharges, the plain tiffs had allowed the company at the rate of 2s. per ton for loading, unloading, covering, &c., although, in point of fact, the company only paid Bd. per ton for loading, and Messrs. Garton and Stone collected and delivered their own packages. He hoped that he should so establish the facts as to justify a verdict for the plaintiff's, and also to ask his lord ship to grant, under the powers of a n cent:very salutary act of Parliament, an injunction to restrain the company from continuing in its course of illegal exaction. Mr. Baron Channell did not apprehend that a judge on circuit had power to issue an injunction. Mr. M. Smith—Certainly not, my lord. There is ne power here. Mr. Leeminr opened the pleadings in this case, and Mc. Monk, Q.C., laid the facts before the jury. Ile said that so far as regarded the conduct of the defendant it was one of the moat serious ever submitted to a jury, abounding as it did, not only in profligacy and libertinism, but adding thereto a greater degree of breach of friendship, breach of hospitality, and of hypocrisy, than such cases generally pre sented. The plaintiff was a farmer and provision dealer, residing at Worsley, near Manchester, and the father of a family of four children—three girls and a boy. The eldest of these, a young lady of 16, and the subject of the present action, had been educated at a respectable school distant from her father's house. Her education had been quite equal, if not superior, to the sphere in which her parents moved. The defendant was a substantial farmer, residing near the plaintiff, and the respective families had been inti mate for a considerable time. When the plaintiff's eldest daughter (Miss Ellen Parr) came home from school she re mained in her father's as an assistant in the shop, and was of very considerable use to him in that capacity. Some mouths after she came home, the defendant (who was a mar ried man, and more than old enough to be her father) began to show her considerable attentions. These attentions were quiet and secret, to avoid observation. He described his marriage as unhappy (his wife being considerably older than himself), and gradually lie succeeded in seeming the aff,e lions of Miss Parr, and obtaining possession of her. lie was very cautious in his movements, advised her to be cold and distant in her demeanour towards him, and although induced to correspond with him, their letters being placed in the hollow of an old tree in order to prevent the employment of a messen ger—he strictly enjoined her to destroy all these letters so as to avoid risk or discovery. He believed that she faith fully followed his instructions, and that all the letters which she received from him at that time were in point of fact de stroyed. After this he became dissatisfied with the kind of intimacy he had with her and be urged her very strongly to leave her father's house. In the month of February last there was to be a party at Bolton, at which the defendant and his wife and the young lady's father were to be present. The defendant recommended this as a favourable time for leaving home. She did leave home. That night her father returned from Bolton accompanied by the defendant, and when the mother, who was naturally much alarmed, men tioned her slaughter's absence, the defendant expressed him self in terms of the strongest sympathy. Oa the following day he saw the parents again, when he renewed his sympa thetic expressions, and carried his hypocrisy to the extent of going to Manchester with her father to look fur her, although he knew perfectly well where site was and unaer what circumstances she had gone away, and that he himself had, in fact, induced her to leave home. There was one circumstance, however, which lie (the learned counsel) had omitted to mention. The defendant had induced Miss Parr tc' write a letter to a person named Openshaw, and to place it where her mother might find it, the object being to direct suspicion towards Openshaw. Upon the fmliug of th' s letter the father immediately went to Openshaw, who, of course, at once and indignantly (and truly, as it now ap peared) denied all knowledge of the young lady's conduct and movements. It was subsequently discovered that when she left home Miss Parr went by the railway to Mancbes:er, and there met an elderly person, who as sisted her to obtain a lodging for the night ; that next day she took a letter to a person to whom the defendant had directed her, and that in the lodgings to which she removed afterwards the defendant frequently visited her, supplying her with money from time to time to enable her to pay her expenses, the balance of which money she re turned to him when she aimately returned home. When she first arrived in Manchester the defendant desired her not to go out by day, and only to take such walks as might be absolutely necessary, fearing no doubt that she might be recognised. For some time she obeyed him in this respect, but at last that which the defendant had apprehended ac tually happened. She was met and recognised by a young man named Booth, who, partly by threatening to call in the police, and partly by representing to her that her mother was in deep distress, induced her to consent to return home. And here he came to a part of the case which it was impos sible to contemplate without strong indignation. The de fendant, during the three weeks that Miss Parr remained at Manchester, repeatedly represented to her that her father and mother regarded her departure with ind'fference, while in the course of his intercourse with the father and mother themselves he only spoke of her with acrimony and anger, counselling them altogether to forget her; telling them " that as she had made her bed so she must lie," and doing all he could to make a lasting breach between them. There was something in this course of conduct so deceitful, hypo critical, and malignant that he could scarcely contemplate it without feelings of the strongest indignation. After the girl's return home a letter was found addressed to her which he would read to the jury by and by, but it was impossible for some time to trace the person who had induced her to leave home. At length, however, a watch was kept on her movements, and when she was welking in the garden one day, her father, who had placed himself in a convenient po sition, observed his intimate friend, the defendant, drop over the fence a small parcel, which the young lady picked up. The father insisted upon seeing what this parcel con tained, and he received from his daughter the letters which would now be read, and which no doubt the jury would say fully confirmed the young woman in every particular. Mr. Monk then proceeded to read and comment upon the let ters, observing, in aggravation of the defendant's conduct, that when he dropped the letters over the wall lie was ac tually on his way to his chapel, and that upon this very day, ignorant, of course, that the father had received the letters, he had the hypocrisy to invite the plaintiff to his house to partake of his hospitality. Of course the complainant indig nantly refused. The defendant had often told the girl that he was a man of wealth, that he had property at Southport, that he was worth £lO,OOO, and that he did not care about the expense of maintaining her. The passages in the letters desiring her not to care about her clothes were consistent with these representations. The learned counsel then read the following letters "Friday Afternoon. My loving Heart,—l gianyour sweet and losing letter, and you say that mine did not meet your mind altogether, and when I found you had gone from home the other night, I could not bear it. I was quite heartbroken, when I found you were gone, and I could not see you. I will meet you, from half-past six to seven to-night, an:l we shall be able to meet in the beginning of the Next week in the morning. You don't know bow I was thinking about you last night, and would a hundred times sooner have been with you than all others. My heart is constantly bleeding for you, particu larly when we get disappointed. I hope to have a running kiss to-night with you, ani next week we will fetch up lost time. It is too light this week in a morning, for we must be careful not to let any one see us. I send you my love, and at the same time I must confess that I thought I would see what you would say to my last note, for, bless you, I know you love me, and can't love another as you do rue. I wish I might be aware to-night, so that we can have a chance. Good bye, dear, and I can't love you too much for your loving and long letter, but will repay you when we have time to be in each other's arms.—Adieu, sweet love." [The first letter was found in January. The two follow- ing were in the parcel thrown into the garden.] "My dear Love,—l waited until near ten last night, but you did not come. Your note put me about a deal, when I see how you are troubled. You wanted my advice. Well, it is this. Keep up your spirits, and endeavour to get away every night or in a morning. You can't stay you say. Don't mind clothes, as you can have fresh, for you can go when both of them is in the house, you can be a field off the house before they knew you were gone. I will look at those two big trees every night at nine o'clock. You could get over the gate into Samuel Grundy's field, and go across to Boothall-britige, then you would he from neighbours. If 3ou can get into my field to the two trees, between the house and canal, I can help you away, bet care nothing about your clothes, they are not worth notice ; but go you must for so how you are, whether itnthe way you named or not ; neither of us can live in this way, so take courage and ro. I will look in the field every night at nine. I would go when some one is in the house. I should not care for company being in, as they would not be so sharp after yeti, or if F. is missing a while I would go. You must get away. lam very miserable to think you are so unhappy, for I will make you happy if you can but get off, and I am sure you may net away. Get a shawl over your head, and leave your bonnet, when you come to meet me in the field, and, if you met any one, they would think it an Irishwoman; and, if you get to me. I will held you away, depend on it; or if yeu can slip Win a morning, when you are all getting up, you could get off on the canal • but night is best. Do love, do love, try to get off. We will be all right, if you can get away. I am afraid of them finding us out. Don't be broken-hearted, but be determined at once, for I knew you can, and we bath shall he unhappy until we have met. Bless you, my heart aches to be with you. Oh ! when, when must we meet? I will go every night, at nine, in my field to meet you, until you come. Go along the canal bank, and then you can turn, into the field, and come to the big lice; so, if any one saw you, they would think you was going along the bank, and it would deceive them. Be sure you endeavour to get away. Oh, my sweet love, do, my sweet love. I can die for you, I feel so much for you. I send you a kiss until we meet. All is right at the fix end." "My dear Love,—l can't help adding bit after bit, not knowing whether I can get the chance of giving it to you or not. You must go, love, or it will kill me to be in this slate. Don't mind, but try to get eff. If you conid get into my field I could hide you for the night in safety, so do, love. I I will go every night into the field to see if you are there. I will be as late as pelf-pact riot, but try, love. My feelings overcome me. I can see a differer.,ce in your people- I hope you will get away without me being found out, for I would die the very day if I was found Out. I love you so that I can freely die for you any inoment. It would, perhaps, be a good way to run :cross the field and through the hedge into Smith's field down towards the canal, and wait till all is quiet, or if you could come down .he lane a little, anti get into Simnel Grundy'e fields, and ;;cress to Boot lialhn idge, w ould go after you that wa y. no one You c mid creep through a hedge or two. You go when i het eis company in t h e house. You could get two ftelde off before they would ask for yin]. Five minutes would have you over the canal. If it is so that they take you anywhere, set off either by day ea night to Mrs. Owen's, for she will he glad to receive you, and I will soon come. You are perhaps gone now, fur a'l that I expect to hear is your being misting. Good bye at It iniolit have been expected that after the discovery o f th e present, my le'ters, the defendant united have felt some remorse, a n d dear, dear life." would have forborne from further solicitations of the girl, but the jury Would find that he had persevered. At this stage of the learned counsel's opening, the efforts to compromise renewed. The judge had askel at the outset whether suns to be tried, and Mr. Monle had d ti et it was undoubte dl y a most p ainful case, but it w d e e re case rep le I. appeared there was some ditierenee as to terms, which it last it impossible to get over. Alwas suggested that was be done. Mr. Baron Mar tinthe judge s heuld say what should but agreed to see the counsel declined this responsibility, in his private room, and af t e r a very short conference it was announced that the defendant La d consented to a verd!et for the plaintiff—damages £4OO. --- WESTERN CIRCUIT. —BRISTOL, AUG. 21. (Before Mr. Baron ChannFll and a Special Jury.) CIVIL SIDE. • GARTON AND ANOTHER V. THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL- WAY COMPANY. Mr. Collier, Q.C., and Mr. Ellin appeared for the plain tiff+ ; Mr. Montague Smith, Q.C., and Mr. Barstow for the defence. The action was brought nominally to recover £lol4s. alleedw left ol,vr the rehar g znp , aanndyhad in £2O, being detiangtdheanyd c alue n o v f e a rte c d, rat b e u o t f goods in reality it relatrd to a sun( of upwards of L-2,000. in which tho plaintiffs allege the railway company is indebted to them. The first count of the declaration r.lleged that between the Ist May, 1838, and the Ist July, 1858, the plaintiff delivered to the defendants (livers goods to be carried from Lendtn to B tectool r al i t: s n,n ;l tef, , yoh t ra h lrm a ng t woe th e pl al n t ifs were always ready to pay a pro per sum for the carriage thereof, but that the defendants re fused to deliver the same until they were paid a larger sum md oneys yhine that the a td w b ae e nr defendants allowed received d e fe n 4 a An detained e second ttoai annead a package of property of the plaintiffs- and there was a third for the use of the plaintiffs. The pleas,which were in number, raised every p oss ibl e ' legal question that could be urged, putting in Issue the facts, denying the sufficiency it was discovered that her ribs had been injured, anti bandages were placed upon her, and she remained in the hospital until the 12th of June, when, finding herself very ill, aril anticipating' that else should not recover, she insiated upon being removed to her own home, where a tnedieel gcn , leruan of the neiglibetirliood attended upon her; but ii eppeared that all she cemplained of to him was con tine:ion of the bowels, and she did not say a word about her ribs having been injured, her object for this, in all proba bility, bsit ' -e to screen the prisoner. She died a day or two after she had been brought home, and a certificate was given that the death was occasioned by inflammation of the bowels, and she was buried under that certificate, and the whole matter was supposed to b 3 at an end. On the 22d of J one following, however, the prisoner was found at Norwood by a police-constable of the P division, in a very excited state, kneeling upon the ground and praying to God ;.o forgive hint his sins. The constable asked him what he had been doing, and whether he had been robbing any one; to which he replied, " Worse than that—l have murdered my wife." The constable at first did not believe the statement of the prisoner; but upon ilia tilting him to the police station the prisoner repeated it to the sergeant on duty, and gave a narrative of all that took place between him and his wife and step dauehter on the day in question. In consequence of Oda the body of the deceased was exhumed, and upon its being examined it was discovered that three of the ribs of the unhappy woman were broken, and that they had penetrated the lungs and thus occasioned death. When the prisoner was before the magistrate he repeated the state ment he had made at the police-station as to the manner in which lie had inflicted the injury upon the deceased by striking her on:the side with the poker, taut he at the same time said that he should not have done it if his wife had not knocked him down with the leg of the table, and had he not believed that she and his stepdaughter were both going to attack him, and what he did was partly, as he considered, in self-defence. The prisoner, who appeared to be in great distress of mind at what had occurred, repeated this story to the jury in his defence. The Common Sergeant having summed up, the jury, after a short deliberation, found the prisoner guilty, but at the same time strongly recommended him to mercy. Mr. Weatherhead, the governor of Newgate, informed the Court that the prisoner had already been two months in custody upon the present charge. Tire Common Sergeant said that taking this fact into con sideration, the sentence he should pass upon the prisoner would be that he be further imprisoned and kept to hard labour for the space of one calendar month. Juntes H sley, 20, and Joseph Houghton, 18, were indicted for a robbery upon Edwin Bretne, and the ;indict ment further alleged that they made use of personal violence to the prosecutor at the time of the commission of the said robbery. Mr. Cooper and Mr. Prendergast prosecuted; Mr. Met calfe was counsel for the prisoners. It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutor that be was a sine- worker, living at Stoke Newington, an about 11 o'clock at night on the 28th of July he was in Shoreditch on his way home, when the prisoners and two other men sur rounded him suddenly, and they all seized hold of him, lifted him off his feet, and then drageed him about 20 yards up a court. The prisoner Houghton t hen seized his legs, and Hisley got his neckerchief twisted in his hand with his knuckles, pressing on his throat so that be was not able to open his mouth, or to cry out. He struggled as well as:he could to get away from them, but was unable to do so, and Hisley called out to the others, " Gouge tire —." Oae of the men then took his watch out of his pocket, and also his guard-chain, and also 7s. In silver ; and when this had been done Hisley let go his hold of his throat, giving him a violent blow on the side of his head, and he fell upon the pavement, and all the men then ran away. He said that he was unable to follow them, on account of his being lame from a broken knee-cap ; but he gave information to the policeman, who went after the men, and shortly afterwards he prisoners were brought back, and be recognised them immediaeely as being two of the gang who had made the attack upon him. The prosecutor was cross-examined by Mr. Metcalfe, with a view to show that be was mistaken as to their identity, but he persisted in stating positively that they were taco of the party. George Smith, a police-constable, deposed that he went in pursuit of the men in consequence of what the prosecutor told him, and he saw the two prisoners running together down the Kingsland-road. He overto de them, and laid hold of both the prisoners, and said that he wanted them for an assault they had just been committing. They made no answer, but kicked him off his feet, but he kept hold of them and got up again, and he knocked Hi sl ey down, but was obliged to let Houghton go. He fell upon Hisley to keep him down, anti sprung his rattle, and an other constable went in pursuit of Houghton and brought him back. The prosecutor Identified them directly he saw them. He was quite sober, and there were marks on his throat, and his trousers pocket was torn down about six inches. Job Lewis, another constable, proved that he ran after Houghton sod caught him, and he resisted violently and threw himself down, and it was with great difficulty that he succeeded in securing him. The Common Sergeant summed up, and the jury imme diately returned a verdict of guilty against both prisoners. A previous conviction for felony was then proved against Hisley, and it was also stated that he was the constant associate of thieves and bad characters. The Common Sergeant sentenced Hisley to six and Houghton to four years' penal servitude. George Allen, 18, was charged with feloniously cutting and wounding George Baguess, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. Mr. Austin conducted the prosecution. It appeared that the prisoner was an apprentice on board a vessel called the Albion, and the proseeutor was mate of the same vessel. On July 17 the prosecutor was left in charge by the captain, and he gave the prisoner directions to perform some duty to which he objected, and he was subsequently very insolent to the prosecutor, who at length struck him with his fist. The prisoner returned the blow, and wished to have what he called a " stand up" fight with the prosecutor, who refesed, and be held the prisoner down upon the deck until his passion appeared to have somewhat cooled. When he was at length allowed to rise he still appeared to he in a great rage, and he threatened to destroy the prose ' cuier's clothes, and went down into the forecastle for that purpose. The prosecutor followed in order to prevent him, upon which the prisoner exclaimed, " -- your eyes, I'll kill you," and rushed at him and stabbed him in the breast with a knife, the blow evidently being aimed in the direc tion of the heart. The jury found the prisoner guilty of unlawfully wound ing. The Common Sergeant said that the jury had taken a very merciful view of thee prisoner's conduct, and he might con sider himself very fortunate that he was not upon his trial for a capital offence. He had been convicted of a mis demeanour only ' • but, under the circumstances, he felt it his duty to pass the full sentence of the law for a crime of this description, which was that of imprisonment and hard labour for two years. NEW COURT. (Before Mr. Prendergast, Q.C.) John Girran, 36, soldier, was indicted for assaulting Jane Macdonald, with intent to commit a rape. Mr. Lilley prosecuted, and Mr. Doyle defended. The prisoner is a corporal in the Military Train; and the prosecutrix, a girl under 13 years of age, is the dau,;itter of an artisan in the •Woolwich dockyard. The prisoner, who is a married wan, used to visit Macdonald's family, and on the day upon which the outrage wascommitted was there with his wile upon a visit. In the evening the prisoner's wife sent the prosecutrix to fetch the prisoner from some boric in the neighbourhood, to which he and the father of the prosecutrix had gone, and upon their return he laid hold of her, dt agged her into a brick-field, and would in all pro bability have effected his purpose, but that the child's father came up at the time. The prisoner, who conducted himself with much impu dence during the trial, kept handing to his counsel slips of paper, upon which were written questions of a most infamous description, to be put to the child in cross-examination. This Mr. Doyle refused to do, merely cross-examining her upon the facts which she had deposed to, with a view to ascertain whether she was a witness of truth, and the childish simpli city of her answers fully proved that she was. The jury found him guilty. The Commissioner, in strong terms, commented upon the prisoner's unmanly and disgraceful conduct, and sentenced him to two years' imprisonment. With two other cases of an unimportant character the bu,iuess was brought to an end, and the next session corn • meaces on Monday, September 20. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION- HOUSE.— Louis Quassa—such was the name given by a well-dressed gentlemanly-looking man, with a foreign air, and apparently about 28 or 30 years o ld, with a light moustache of extensive culture—was c h arge d with being in a bedroom in the house of Mr. Arnold, 29, Poultry, supposed with intent to commit a felony. Mr. Arnold's housekeeper deposed that on Friday after noon she observed standing open a gate which had been fixed upon the stairs for the purpose of keeping strangers from going to the top of the house, whic'.l led her to go bp stairs at once, and upon reaching Mr. Arnold's bedroom, she found the prisoner- upon his knees before a chest of drawers in which she had a short time before left the key, which was now, however, lying upon the sill of the window, and broken, as if by being violently pulled out. Tue. prislner told her not to be frightened, as he was doing no harm ; but she told him he was a thief, and ran down stairs crying, "Thieves, thieves." The prisoner, who was following close at her heels, was stopped by some of the gentlemen in the house and given into custody. She had missed nothing from the drawers, as she had no doubt sur prised him before he had completed his operations. When he got down stairs he at first said he wanted Mr. Jackson, who had an office there, and afterwards that be wanted Mr. Hy ams. Prisoner—l went there without any dishonest intention I awed to see Mr. Jaeksou. Lord Mayor—Well,_ what made you go on your knees in another room then? Did you expect to Lind Mr. Jackson in the drawers? Prisoner—No; I heard that Mr. Jark,on wanted a clerk, and I knocked at his door several time; without getting an answer. Then the temptation came over me to go into the other room, and I went in. Nlr.Jaclison, who was in court, stated that he did no want a eerk, and that he had never seen the prisoner be• fore. Police-constable 48.5 produced ti gold watch and chain, £3 10s. in money, and eight keys, which he had found on the prisoner at the sta ion -house, deposing further that the ptisuner refused to give his address. Lord Mayor—We must know more about you, prisoner. There is something more than we know yet connected with a man ,who goes about with La los. in his pocket, a gold watch and chain, and eight keys. Prisoner—One of them is my own,•being the key of my own house—that is, of my father's house I mean. _Lord Mayor—Well, then, to prove your honesty, give us your father's name and address. Prisoner (vehemently)—Never, never! Lord Mayor—Then we'll find him for you. Prisoner—l will never give it, for it will bring disgrace on my father, and he will lose his situation. Lord Mayor—No he will not. In England we never visit the sins of the parent upon the children, nor the sins of the children upon the parent. He would not be dismissed. Prisoner—Yes, he would, for be has been only three months come from America. Lord Mayor—Are you an American? Prisoner—l am a Canadian. Oh, I beg you will let me go, and I will never do wrong again. I am not a dishonest man, I assure you. I did go there to see Mr. Jackson, and if be had been at home I should have seen him, and so should not have been tempted. Lord Mayor—No, no ; I can't let you go for some time to come. I shall remand you for a week, and then perhaps your father will come here, and others may come who have charges against you, and whom you maY not like to see. Remanded accordingly. Nary Sullivan was charged with being in possession of a silver spoon; supposed to have been stolen. 611 C had been taken into cotudy upon offering the spcon Mr. Smythe-Did you make any noise? Complainant—Yes, sir; I screamed out, when he re , taarked it was of no use, as there was no one in the house. She further stated that a Mrs. Cane went with her, bu remained outside the house. She was about an hour and a half in the house. Complainant on leaving was accom panied by the defendant, who treated her and Mrs. Cane with a glass of wine each. Defendant had a glass of brandy and water. As she was going along the street she was cry inie, when defendant remarked to her, " Do not fret, I will behave honourable to you." She did not know what book it was she took, as it was in a wrapper. By Mr. Paynter—l never knew defendant before April 22. In answer to Mr. Smith, complainant stated that she received three letters from defendant, but had destroyed them, not being aware she would be in the familyway. The first letter was dated April 9. Mr. Paynter—Then there is an end of the case. Complainant upon hearing this remark of the worthy magistrate, observed that it was the 29th. Mr. Wontner cross-examined the witness at some length. At the conclusion of it, she having f_ equently prevaricated, Mr. Paynter remarked that he thought it was useless to proceed any further, as her story was most improbable. Some time ago complainant applied to him for a summons, when she stated that she had no witness. Now she brings one forwari. Complainant—l understood, sir, that you asked me if I had a witness in the house. Mr. Paynter—You said you had no witness. Mr. Smyth asked to be allowed to examine the witness. Mr. Paynter—You can do so if you please. Mary Cane gave evidence, and in many points it was centradictory to the complainant's statement. When ques tioned by Mr. Wontner about the book, she said it was in a wrapper. Mr. Paynter said that he had been 18 years a magistrate, and that he never heard a case which was less supported. He should dismiss the summons. It was most improbable that defendant should go into a public-house with two females who were strangers to him. Mr. Wontner observed that it was a gross attempt to obtain money from the defendant, who was a most highly respectable gentleman. He had beets repeatedly annoyed by these persons. He (Mr. Wontner) could produce a gen tleman who would state that ha always closed the office at six o'clock, and took the key away with him, so that it was utterly impossible that defendant could have been there at the time mentioned by complainant. Mr. Paynter observed that if he (Mr. Wontner) intended to prefer a case of perjury against the complainant and her witness he would hear further evidence. Mr. Wontner said he would take time to consider what course he would take. The summons was dismissed. WORSHIP-STREET.—SEQUEL OF THE EXTRAOR DINARY CASE OF CHILD DESERTlON.—Elizabeth Bar t ram, a young married woman, resident at Birmingham, was brought finally before the magistrate upon the ad journed charge of having deserted her illegitimate child, an interesting little girl about six years of age, whom she had left at the house of Mr. Masters, Queen's-road, Dal ,ton, who, declining all knowledge of the parties, consigned the child to the Shoreditch workhouse. The publicity given to this led to the accidental discovery and apprehension of the prisoner by Evans, a Birmingham police officer, to whom she protested that Mr. Masters, at whose house she had left it, was the father of the child, and had contributed to its support for some years, but had ceased to do so since prisoner's marriage, which took place about a year since. The court was crowded by parishioners of Shoreditch, who manifested extraordinary excitement as the matter pro gressed. Mr. Masters and his servant, with whom the child had been left, had been summoned, and were now present, attended by Mr. Beard, solicitor, but the former was not called before the magistrate. Mary Ann Belstead, a very smart and good-looking young woman, being sworn, said that she was servant in the family of Mr. Masters, and 'that on Wednesday fort night the prisoner called, and inquired for that gentleman, and being told told that he was not at home—the family being, in fact, at Ramsgate—she said that Mr. Masters was the father of the child, and she should leave her. Wit ness told her she did not believe it; but the child being left, she took her in. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Prisoner (weeping) now said she had some trouble in finding the residence of Mr. Masters, but she left the child with a note to say that it was his child. The servant, being questioned, said the prisoner, who might have been in the house about a quarter of an hour, did leave a slip of paper with her, on which was written " As you have thought fit not to pay for the child, I have brought it to leave it with you." Mr. Ross, the relieving officer, seemed greatly surprised at this, as rot a word bad been previously said about the note either by the witness or her master. The latter, indeed, appeared indignant at the probability of his being supposed to bc the father. Mr. Beard, the solicitlr, said his client was in attendance if it was desired to question him. The magistrate, however, said the only question before him was the charge of desertion ; and, taking the fact of the written note into consideration, he fully believed the pri soner had no intention to leave the child chargeable to the parish, but, on the contrary, left the child where, in her opinion, it had most right to find a protector. Prisoner (sobbing)—l say she is the child of Mr. Masters, and his mother was aware of it; but I should not have brought her to town had not my husband desired me. Mr. Roes here handed to the magistrate a book in which the prisoner's examination had been written. In it she stated that when 15 years of age she entered the service of Mr. Richard Masters, near Coventry, and was seduced by his son, Walter Masters, and in September, 1852, gave birth to this child ; that the father contributed to its maintenance until after prisoner's marriage; and that he had himself got married when the child was four months old. The prisoner, who had an infant in her arms, WAS dis , charged. MARYLEBONE. DESERTION OF CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER.—Harriet Gilmour, a respectably dressed woman, about 35 years of age, was brought hefure Mr. Long, at the instance of Mr. Birchmore, relieving officer of St. Pancras, charged with having deserted her two children, who had thereby become chargeable to th e parish alluded to. Garwell Palmer, a lodger at 11, Great Edward-street, where prisoner also rented a room, deposed that on the 12th instant the prisoner quitted the dwelling, leaving the children behind. She had previously been heard to say that she would poison them. Witness took the poor little creatures—one of them nine aad the other five years of age— to the workhouse on the same night; but the gatekeeper refused to admit them. Witness having spoken to police constable 90 S upon the subject, went a second time to the workhouse, and the children were ultimately taken in. Mr. Long asked Mr. Birchmore why they were not in the first instance admitted? _ 16.lircbmoresaid --- tiai the gatekeeper probably con sidered, when the children were brought to him, that there had been a collusion between the witness and the mother (the prisoner) to saddle them upon the parish. The prisoner's answer to the charge was that she had applied to the parish for relief, her husband being dead, and that she obtained nothing more than a 41b. loaf. Whatever she might have said, she net er had any intention of destroy ing either of the children. Mr. Long considered that much blame attached to the gatekeeper in not receiving the children when first taken to the house. For the desertion, which had been clearly proved, the prisoner was sent to the House of Correction for a month. DESPERATE ASSAULTS.— WiIIiam Vesey, a ticket-of leave wan, and a most desperate character, was charged with serious and violent assaults on police-constable Duble, 147, and house, 63, both a the D division. The assaults took place on Tuesday last, upon which day the prisoner eves charged with being concerned in stealing some shawls, 114 was remanded, and when being removed to the lock-up room in tise yard at the rear of the court, he inflicted a severe wowed on the head of D'oble. He also struck and kicked house. He was committed for two months to the House of Cor rretioa. PLATE ROBBERY.—William White, alias Monteagle, alias Milky White, was placed at the bar, charged with having stolen a quantity of silver plate, to the value of rthmt £4O, the property o f Mrs. Arabella Barrett, residing at 7, Delarnere-terrace, Paddington. The evidence went to show that on the morning of last Monday week the plate was missed from the premises; in formation of the robbery was inmediate e l h Y ra) g ta i fteo v lf e ot n n t e o e. t and on Saturday last the prisoner was taken into custody by e be (Vott t Sergeant Potter, 16 D, for being found in Cambridge-etee e t felony.H edepa w rk, ti l e t n is supposed p t p h o a s e e t tl a object tih fled that the prisoner was the man " wanted" for the plate, ' anti sent fer Mrs. Barrett's servant, who him as being the man whom she saw make his egress throne h the garden-gate just before she missed the property. None of the articles have yet been found. It was stated that the prisoner was well known police, and that he had more than to the once been convicted of felony. 'ASSAULT.—Two men, named Britoit Mr. Long reseanded him till Saturday a liff et ?f ß t r h it e were charged under the following circumstances : it appeared that on the same day levyM e. P h o p g o l n e r t , h s e u bg-bailiff Jews Hands went with Bloomsbury County Court, to Regent's-park, when het"'3l, Little Albany-street, being planed in the van, (Britton), while the things were stv:re they should net be taken away; and, in a struggle which ensued, he seized Hands anti struck him several Other to his times, and he (Britton) called the assistance, ea an h d he was also very violent. The prisoners were fined 20e., or, in default of pay ment, 14 days in the Howe c of Correction. next. and Arh e identifieda almost a committing ,I'. police, et Magness, ssa-, THANIES.—A MORMON RIOT.—TV. Edwards, 21, and de , eribed as a labourer, or 21, Sidney-street, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with creating a disturbance in the WhitechaNl road and vicinity. -It appeared from the evidence of Police-constable Cop ping, No. 379 K, that the Latter-day Saints, or Joe Smith Mormons, held a meeting at their chapel in North street, Jubilee-street, Stqoney, on Friday evening. There was an eccentric iudividual named Hepburn preaching against the Mormons, and their " bestiality and horrible fornications and impostures" in the greet out side the chapel; a vast mob collected there, and there was a good deal of noise and confuslon t 44 attopt was made to Our market this morning was well attended, end a fair amount of business was transacted iu wheat for consumption, and to hold over, at an advance of .utly is to 2s over the currencies of last market day. Fine old white brought 50s, red 475, and superior new made 53s and red 58s per SC stone. The plaintiff, Mr. Wm. Garton, was examined at consider able length in support of the opening, and was cross-exa mined rigidly in order to show that certain notices were served in Bristol at the Temple Meads station and not at Paddington. The allowance for loading, &c., to the company was made in so me instance, 2s. and in thers 3s. per ton. Mr. Hewitt, a carrier, Mr. John Wilkinson, a carrier (who was also for some years manager of goods traffic to the Mid land Railway Company), and Mr. Henry Sircom, manager for the extensive carrying firm of Danks, Venn, and Co., were called to prove 2s. per ton would be a reasonale allow ance for loading, unloading, covering,. and incidental ex- Pulses. Two of the witneases, upon cross-examination, ad mitted that in making their estimate they had not taken into.account rent, station, or gas- Mr. Win. Hole deposed to having been employed to haul for the railway companies. The charge for loading was 6d. per ton, and that for unloading also Gd. per ton. Mr. Richard Parker, formerly a carrier, deposed that a reasonable charge for loading was 61. per ton, for taking out 4d. per ton, and for covering id. per ton. Upon cross-exa mination, the witness admitted having been engaged in a lengthened course of litigation with the railway companies. That being the plaintiffs' case, Mr. M. Smith took a variety of legal objections to the form and service of the notice, &c., upon which leave was given to move. With respect to the count in trover, no notice had been served, and he submitted that the plaintiffs had no right to sue. Mr. Smith then addressed the jury for the defendants. He admitted that there had been a severe struggle going on between the railway companies and the carriers, but said it appeared to him that a great deal of the hard language in which his learned friend had indulged had been very much misapplied, because, when the case came to be fully inquired into it would be found that the defendants were really doing nothing more than protecting their own interests, and that they had a right to charge for the terminal expenses which were incident to the carrying on of a large carrying trade. There was some anomaly in the use which was being made by the carriers of the xatiways. The companies themselves had long carried for the public, and the public had been satisfied; hut the carriers wanted to have their goods carried without affording to the company a fair remuneration. The jury should bear in mind that the railway companies were carriers themselves. They carried on a large trade for the pui)lie, and it should not be lost sight of that the carriers were competing with that trade, and that they wanted to grind down tae railway in order that they might be able to make a profit out of the rates which the company charged. The learned counsel went on to argue that the packed par cel system imposed on tce railway companies extra liabilities and greatly augmented the risks of loss, and with reference to the charges for the terminal e'cpeusea he said the wit neeses for the plaintiff had left out of their calculation the heavy charges for providing station accommodation, such as goods sheds, receiving and delivering offices, places of depo sit, watchmen, gas, &c., as also the liabilities which the com panies undertook in regard to the loss and damage of goods. The rate of charges fixed by the Great Western Company, and which included both ends, he would read to them. The art of Parliament had divided the goods to be carried into five classes, and the company;after a great deal of experience and a close investigation, had fixed the rate of charges as follows :—First class, as. 6d.; second class, 4s. ; third class, 4s. 6d.; fourth class, 5 , .; fifth class, ss. 6d. per ton. That was the lowest estimate which experience justified, and it was not fair to test it by the rough estimate of carriers who did nothing, more toau pile goods under a shed, and who made no allowance for the charges which a large and care fully conducted trade entailed. With respect to the crate which had been detained he did not deny that au error had been committed, and said If the plaintiff's were entitled to sue without notice, he did not deny that they must recover, as he had no defence to offer to it. He should submit, how ever, that there had been no notice. and that in such a case notice was most material. Mr. James Grierson, traffic manager of the Great Western Railway, was called to prove that the actual cost to the company for terminable charges, as tested by the four last half years had been as. 4 1 . , 35 ., and 2 , 9.1. per ten. The cliarges in connection with the Bristol terminus had been in o:.e instance 2 , . 61d., and in another 2s. Bd. per ton. The witness went into lengthened details to justify his calcula tions. He said that the overcharges made were generally it was not a rule t o c h arge extra f or p ac k e d an error by the clerks, who had power t o c orrec t th e m by At the close of this w itn ess's evidence the cause, which p th a e rc s e c l a s ie w i h s e s seemed to excite muc h int erest among the trading commu nity, was adjourned till Mon day (this day). n ue c ci ver 5001bs. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.-dug. 21. OLD COURT. (Before the Common Sergeant.) Alexander Charles Borromeo, who was convicted on Monday of bigamy, was this morning again placed at the bar by the direction of the learned judge. It will be remembered t h at when the prisoner was brought request that his trial up to'be tried he made a very pressing might be postponed to give him an opportunity of producing certain witnesses from Paris, who, he said, could prove that he was iu that city when the marriage between him and Miss Sadler was aleged to have taken place in 1842. It was believed at the time, however, that it was merely an attempt to obtain delay and cause annoyance to the pro- Keators, and the application was consequently refused, and i; turns out that this view of the matter was correct. The Common Sergeant, addressing the prisoner, said that he had sent for Win to inform him of the result of an appli cation he had made to the Prefecture of Police of Paris reste c-It•ain parries whose evidence lie desired to °lark. A eemmunicarion had just been received from Pat is, the effect of which was that no trace of such persons as the prisoner had mentioned could be vii-covered, and they did not seem to have ever been in existence. There did not, therefore, appear to he the slightest ground fur (lout); ing the propriety of the vereiet of the jury, and the sentence of f ;ur years' pered servitude, to commence from the month of June, 1859, would therel're be carried out. Whin the prison( r was tried he was fashionably dressed, and wore a long black beard and moustache, and during the trial be conducted himself in a most impudent manner. Since his cenvietiou ' however, he has been attired in the convict gar b, and his beard and moustache have been shaved off, pursuant to the prison regulations:, antlyhe now preeented a tnost crest-f :lien and dejee'ed appearance. He made no reply to the statement of the learned Common Sergeant, and when he hail concluded he walked hastily from the bar, apparently glad to escape from the public gaze. John _Mare, 50, was charged upon the coroner's inqui sition with the mauclaughter of his wife, Mary Hoare. Mr. Poland conducted the prosecution. The prisoner, it appeared, was a labourer in the docks, and he and his wife and a stepdaughter abou t 16 y ears of age, lived in Sarah-court, Brick-lane. :They had been married 15 years, and it was admitted on behalf of the pro secution that, the prisoner, when sober, behaved in a kind mid affectionate manner to the deceased. The prisoner r: turned home from his work about four o'clock in the after, noon of the 29th of May, a good deal the -worse for liquor, and at brie there the deceased and the stepdaughter were in the room, and the former wished to go out to do a job she had been engaged for, namely, to clean some offices., Ti.e prisoner, for some reason or other, said that she should net go cut, and she replied that she would, and this led to a quarrel, and the prisoner struck the deceased on the aria with his fist. A. scuffle then ensued between them , during which the table that was in the room was knocked do wn, and !he deceased s e ized o ne o f th e lees that had been broken olf, arid struck tire prisoner a violent blow on the head with it, which cut iris head open, and knocked him down, and the steplagghter also laid hold of the poker for the purpose, as she said, of protecting her mother. The prisoner natchel the poker from the daughter, but shortlglifterwir.!s threw it down, and his stepdaughter then ran out to fetch a policeman, but before she got to the street door she heard her molter call out " murder," and upon her returning to the room she found the prisoner with the poker in his hand. Hee mother had both her hands to 11;:r side, and she said that the prisoner had struck her there wish the poker, and he made no reply. A policeman arrived soon afterwards, hat no charge was given; and it appeared that at this time it was not. supposed that any sericus injury had been inflie•erl upon the deceased. A dry or two afterwards, however, she became very ill, 9114 was . reamed to the London Hospital, where for sale at a silversmith's, alleging that she had only arrived in England from Ireland two days before, and that .he had picked up the spoon on the street; but in disproof of thi• statement a duplicate for a petticoat was produced by the oil cr, Nvio had found it upoa her; and atm bad admitter that: ~ h e had herself pledged the article, alibough the dupli cate was dated 11 days hack. Tit:; Lord Ma ; :or thought it most likely that she was a servant who bad stolen the spoon before leaving her last place, and that an owner would be found if publicity were given to the case, fur which purpose he remanded the pri soner till Tuct;diy next. The spoon, which has been broken up, is a small dessert or large tea spoon, worth, for old metal, about 4g., and marked with the letters " W. 11. F." BENEVOLENCE.—Rceeived for Mrs. Sodeu—' ." Auony- LOU,"s 2s: WESTMINSTER. AFFILIATION. GROSS PER JURY.— Mt. F. Mayo, residing in Tachbrook-street, appeared befor,, Mr. Payeter to a summons taken out by Mary Hughes for the usual support of her child, of which he was alleged by her to he the father. Mr. Smyth attended for the complainant, and Mr. Woutner for the defendant. The statement of the complainant was to Hie effect that she was then living at No. 21-, Hardington•street, West minster, and that on the 20th of January last she was de livered of a female child. The defendant was its father. On the 22d of April, 1857, she went to the defendant's office in Tavistoek-street about half-past seven o'clock at night with a book. She was let into the efface by defendant, and she was no soocer there than she was seized hold of by him, who placed her on a chair, and took off her bonnet and shawl. He then placed her on the carpet, and committed tke act which led to the birth of her child. _ Mr. Smyth—Was what took place with sour consent? Complainant—No, sir; I said, " Oh God ! what shall I do." I cried, and he observed that he would be honourable to me. stop the ceremonies in the Mormon chapel, and the Latter toy Saints terminated their procee lines rather abruptly. " minist-r," on baring the chapel, was followed by a :nog of from 400 to 500 persons, headed by the prisoner, „mp g , hissing:, and shouting, and a good many stones were rttrown. The hostile demeanour of the mob became so alarming that soma of the filiewers of the minister were reerful of his safety, and thrust him into a cab, which drove away amidst a terrific shout from the mob, shouts of " D )wn with the Mormons," " Crush the beasts," and t shower of stones. Some of the " elders" of the Mor mons, young and melancholy-looking men, were next assailed, and would have fared badly if the police bad not drawn their truncheons and driven back the mob. The prisoner was very noisy and violent, and headed the , umult. Copping added that a similar riot occurred a few weeks ago, when the Latter-day Saints were pelted off the platform, windows were broken, an attack was made on the Mormon ministers, and the police were assaulted. ' Mr. Yardley then denounced the conduct of the mob in rite strongest possible terms, and fined a misguided and wretched youth, who had taken part in the proceedings, and said he was not half so bad as those who instigated the mob, but wino kept in the back ground. Copping then painted to Mr. Hepburn, the anti-Mormonite, and said he was the cause of the disturbance. Mr. Hepburn—To be sure, and I will do it again. Copping—When the Latter-day Saints meet, he preaches opposite the chapel, and excites his hearers. Last night he ran away, when the mob followed the minister and elders. Last Tuesday week there was a serious riot provoked by Hepburn, and it required the united exertions of 18 or 19 polle.t constables to prevent the Mormons falling a sacrifice to the mob. Mr. Selfe—This is most scandalous; error is not to be put dean by clamour. Copping—Last night Hepburn sent a boy round to collect halfpence. Hepburn—To be sure. I have a right to do it. Inspector Hayes, of the K division, said that the in habitants were continually sending to the station-house for a force of police to save the windows, and suppress disturb ances. Hepburn was opposed to the Mormons, but was very indiscreet. Mr. Harrison, who described himself as the representative minister of the Latter-day Saints in the district, confirmed the statement of Copping. He narrowly escaped with his life. He bad been beaten on the head and body and stoned. On one occasion the prisoner tried to force his way on to the platform of the chapel. William Bates, a youth, said he was a Mormonite elder. He protected the minister and forced him into a cab. The prisoner was at the head of the mob, and he told him he ought to be ashamed of himself. Edward Sheridan, a police-constable, No. 33 K, saw a huge stone thrown on Friday night. It was intended for Harrison, the Latter-day Saint. It struck another person on the hat and knocked it off. Mr. Selfe said he did not care whether the parties were present or latter-day saints, whether their doctrines were true or false, good or bad, these disturbances must be put down by the strong arm of the law. He would advise the prisoner to keep away from the Mennonite chapel in future, and Mr. Hepburn had better preach his anti-mormonite doctrines elsewhere, not in front of the Mormon chapel. No religion, bad or good, was ever put down by violence. A tradesman here offered himself as bail for the prisoner, who, he said, had only laughed at the stupid principles of the Mormons. _ Mr.Selfe—lt is highly improper to preach the reverse doctrines opposite the meeting-houses of the Latter-day Saints. Leave them alone, aud•go a mile away and laugh and preach at them. I am determined there shall be no religious or sectarian riots in this district. The magistrate then ordered that the prisoner should find one surety to keep the peace and be of good behaviour for the next two years; and having done so, and also entered into his own recognisances, he was discharged. COUNTRY MARKETS. ROCHESTER CORN—Auo. 20. At our corn exchange this morning there was but a moderate supply of wheat on offer, but several samples of this year's growth were shown, in prime condition. The trade was slow, but prices were firm, fanners and others demanding and obtaining the rates of last week. Oats in request, and realised 6d more money. Beans and peas scarce, and 'nice: , still advancing. Prices—White wheat, 4Gs to 485 ; extra, 50s; red wheat, 40s to tis ; extra, 46s ; barley, 26s to 32s ; oats, 25s to 28s ; beans, 48a to 52s ; pel.s, 48s to 50s. DERBY CORN- AUG. 20. DONCASTER—duo. 21. A small supply of both old and new wheat, which sold fairly at ed to is per qr. higher. But little inqu , iy for barley, the malting season not having yet arrived. Other descriptions of corniwere unalterc .1 in vs.lue, with a far business. NOTTINGHAM CORN-AUG. 21. At our exchange hall the supply of wheat was liberal, chiefly of the new crop, and a good business was done at a advance of Is to 2s per qr. on Ir t week. Old wheat was a slow sale, at 6d to is advance. Superior new while, 52a, and 49s for reds. Not much barley on offer, at about lilt week's prices ; good grinding selling at 82s per 30 stone. A smal' show of oats at late rates. Beaus were& scanty supply, at the extreme rates of lest week. NORWICH CORN-Atm. 21. The wheat crop may be considered al secured in Norfolk, in ex cellent condition. Barley is coaiee, but in some districts has got better in qualtty during the last week or two. Oats, beau, and pees have improved. DUBLIN CORN-AuG. 20. 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She went on well up to Saturday week, when symptoms of a tetaniC character manifested themselves. Mr. White, surgeon, vas called in on Sunday, but, notwithstanding the exertions of both medical gentlemen, the deceased continued to get worse, and died on Tuesday morning, the immediate cause of death being lockjaw. Verdict—" Death from tetanus, caused by being accidentally burnt." BIRTHS NEITUI FOLD.—On the 19th inst., at Stoke Newington, Mrs. E. J. Nettlefold, of a son. NtxoN.--At Jersey, the wife of Mr. P. O. Nixon, of a daughter. REMINGTON—On the 19th inst., at Grove-place, North Brixton, the wife of T. Remington, Esq., surgeon, of twin daughters. Moo E.—On the 15th inst., at Richmond, the Wife of F. Ridge, Esq. , of a son. SIIITIIES.—On the 19th inst., at Morden, Blackheath-park, Mrs. Smithes, of a son. STRONG.—On the 17th inst., at Woking, Surrey, the wife of Mr. U. .7. Strong, of a son, stillborn. WARD.—On the 18th inst., the wife of Mr. H. Ward, of Stanwell, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. CIIRT STIE — jOHNSTONE.—On the 19th inst., at St. Mary's Church , Greenhithe, Kent, by the Rev. J. F. Russell, Marshall, son of the late William Christie, Esq., of Leith, N. 8., to Lucy Matilda, daughter of the late Richard Johnstone, Esq., of Montgomery. CORSAN—SWIFT.—On the 18th inst., at the parish church, Sheffield, by the Rev. James Moor!louse, Mr. W. O. Corsan, merchant, to Anne, elder daughter of Mr. John Swiit, Broom-grove, Sheffield. DAvts—Howoara.—On tt e 19th inst., at St. Saviour's Church. Maids hill, Paddington, by the Rev. Carteret Mauls, rector of Chown. Surrey, Charles Edward Davis, Esq., of Bath, to Selina Anne, eldest daughter of the late Captain lloworth, of the 39th Bengal N. 1., and granddaughter of the late Major-General John Wells Fast, also of the Bengal Army. FRENCII—DEAN.- - On the 19th May last, at Bt. Margaret's Church, Woodville, South Australia, by the Rev. F. Evans, Edward French, Esq., of Port Adelaige;to Emma Mary, only daughter of the lata George Laurie Dean, Esq., of Bond street, London. DEATHS. ALLEN. — On the 17th inst., fa Upper Holloway, Elisabeth Ann► the wife of .1. G. Allen, Esq., aged forty-one. AN DREWS.—On the 19th inst., Mr. C. W. Andrews, hatter, of 6, Haymarket, aged forty-eight. EAremex.—On the 17th inst., john Bateman, Esq., of Knypersiel Hall, in the county of Stafford, and Tolson Hall, Westmorelann , aged seventy-six years COCKER.-0a the 15th inst., Francis Anne, the wife of Mr. Cooker • East Brixton, aged twenty-one. COOPER.—On the 19th inst., at New Brentford, Clarence Boyd► youngest child of G. F. Cooper, M.D., aged seventeen months. COLE.— On the 12th inst., drowned, while bathing at Windsor, Henn , Edward Cole, second son of the late J. R. Cole, Esq., of Chertael , Surrey. CoNcurrr.—On the 18th inst., at Upper Bedford-place, Edward F. Conduitt, Esq., aged eighty-six. D.tvts.—On the sth lust., Henry, youngest son of 8. S. Davis, of Eaton, Norwich. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG, of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office, No 112, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in the county of Middlesex, Monday, August 23,1838. ~. fOl Di to th NI Or In the soh Ors Chi 7.4! Cir 148 Oft 20 22 17 Bi 20 . Eit a a . I